Assassin's Creed Valhalla

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  1. tobyberg12
    Mar 19, 2021
    6
    If you liked Odyessy, you will most likely also enjoy this game. It takes what Odyessy did right and capitalizes on it while removing some of the more tedious side content and instead respects your time. Except for one overarching problem that both Odyssey and this game suffer from is the gigantic, open world filled with empty space. It just feels dead and after a long while of playing, IIf you liked Odyessy, you will most likely also enjoy this game. It takes what Odyessy did right and capitalizes on it while removing some of the more tedious side content and instead respects your time. Except for one overarching problem that both Odyssey and this game suffer from is the gigantic, open world filled with empty space. It just feels dead and after a long while of playing, I got tired of it. Even when going back to it months later, I can't get back into it. It isn't worth it to me and I hope Ubisoft can come up with a way to make their open worlds more interesting.… Expand
  2. Soullex
    Nov 15, 2022
    7
    Ulan yan görev yapması o kadar keyifli ki, tüm yan görevleri bitirdim neredeyse. Ana hikayede ilerlemek de bir o kadar sıkıcı, önemsiz uzun diyaloglar, saçma sapan görevler.
  3. hoanns
    May 8, 2021
    6
    Forgettable game. The world looks nice and the game is well made, but there is no depth at all to it. It kept me playing to then end, but at that point I wasn't having much enjoyment or fun, you just gonna carry out the same repetitive gameplay loops to some bland story elements.Conquer this region, climb this tower, attack this castle. It's not actively bad, but it lacks creativity andForgettable game. The world looks nice and the game is well made, but there is no depth at all to it. It kept me playing to then end, but at that point I wasn't having much enjoyment or fun, you just gonna carry out the same repetitive gameplay loops to some bland story elements.Conquer this region, climb this tower, attack this castle. It's not actively bad, but it lacks creativity and depth in gameplay.… Expand
  4. LironesAlviento
    May 13, 2021
    7
    Me pasa que desde un tiempo hacia aquí los Assasins los veo un poco sin alma, aun así tiene cosas muy entretenidas y este en concreto no es un mal juego de vikingos pero me falta un algo, tiene muchas cosas buenas pero no me he conseguido meter en la historia.
  5. EyesofWrath
    Nov 13, 2020
    6
    It struck me as interesting that 7/10 reviews have dozens of downvotes while a one-line 10/10 review has several dozen upvotes pushing it to the top. And given that the reviews labeled 'unhelpful' by corporate shills are uniformly the ones that match my own experience with the game, I've decided to write a substantive review that those treating the game like the second coming of Christ canIt struck me as interesting that 7/10 reviews have dozens of downvotes while a one-line 10/10 review has several dozen upvotes pushing it to the top. And given that the reviews labeled 'unhelpful' by corporate shills are uniformly the ones that match my own experience with the game, I've decided to write a substantive review that those treating the game like the second coming of Christ can band together and downvote to their heart's content. Because to a discerning buyer, that seems to be a tick of approval.

    In brief: if you liked Odyssey, then you'll likely like the skeleton of this game. It feeds from exactly the same trough, in typical Ubisoft fashion, and essentailly makes some small, less significant tweaks to the previous release that change the feeling of the game slightly, but unfortunately not enough to make it feel fresh. If you carry with you a sense of fatigue at the expansive and often-repetitive nature of Odyssey's content, then you might find yourself starting this game with that fatigue hanging over you as I did. To be clear - I loved Odyssey. It was the only AC game released in the last decade that didn't eventually bore me. But it was huge and tiring, there can be no skirting around that fact. So the understanding that you're not playing a fundamentally different game sets in very quickly, and so does the exhaustion that Odyssey eventually gave way to, despite how fun it was.

    Those feelings are more or less identical here - Valhalla is fun, and it's a tweaked version of its predecessor, but it never, ever diverges enough to feel like much other than the exact same formula, and while I find that formula less worn-out than that of, say, the formula of the later 'old-style' AC games like Syndicate or Unity, it's still worn-out nonetheless.

    Ubisoft is up to their old tricks, of course, and Valhalla feels like another step slightly too far down the same road. This is exactly why Syndicate tanked in sales and forced the company to revamp for Origins. But because we're 20-something games deep in the series, whatever minor changes Ubisoft make to their releases hold a far-more-quickly diminishing set of returns for long-time players.

    So while I was, for once, excited for what I thought might be something honestly different, Valhalla has ultimately been the game to convince me that the series has reached its natural end. It simply cannot be iterated anymore. Each new release needs to a wild revamp, because there's just not enough 'new' game here for a 90 dollar release. It's one of two dozen other games that all kind of feel the same, and one of three RPG-style games that already feel like they're being spat out of the Ubisoft-open-world-Build-O-Matic 2000 pipeline.

    Which, y'know, if you're not tired of the other games, might be appealing. I must admit that I like the safe and often mindless gameplay loop of the series, and Valhalla offers a beautiful new setting with some fairly engaging story and gory combat. Combat stamina has been introduced to remove the button-mashing of Odyssey, but the combat controls themselves are pretty clunky and lack the finesse needed to maintain a nice flow. You'll often find yourself getting struck simply because you hit the button one-too-many times. On lesser difficulties this is not so much a problem, but when you're one-shotted because you hit the attack button one single time too many it can be enraging. You can dodge to cancel actions, which gives the combat a welcome learning curve - you can get better in-game by improving as a player - but it isn't enough for the fighting to feel less shallow, and the aged engine struggles to meet the demands of the system they've designed. And honestly, that's a pretty good summation of the whole beast - what little they tried to change only works half as well as you'd hope, and it's very likely because the developers suffered horribly at the hands of company management during production.

    It's devastating to know that you're playing a game that *feels* like it was made by overworked people. The reported crunch is worn on Valhalla's sleeve more clearly than ever in the bugs, the glitches, the slapdash animations, the lack of innovation, and the clunky mechanics. This game was forced out before Christmas and could easily have benefitted from, among other things, months of extra development time. But there's no saving a game made simply to make money by a company infamously cruel to its employees, with the tightest possible development schedule and the slimmest allowable window for innovation. It's a deep scar given context by a knowledge of how the game was produced.

    So why am I here? Because you may find yourself uncertain, or willing to compromise your stated values out of curiosity, or, like me, a long-standing enjoyment of the series. But honestly I don't think this product is worth the money. It's not that different from Odyssey, and all things considered, I honestly don't even think it's 'better'    … Expand
  6. sunstorm76
    Nov 19, 2020
    7
    I do not often comment on metacritic mostly because I’m happy with a game and just give the rating. . I’m not even close to the end but I tried a lot with this game and I played all AC’s so far. Not only did I play them, I finished them 100% which means collecting every feather or treasure out there. Yeah I’m a huge fan of the series. I got them both digital and as console version, justI do not often comment on metacritic mostly because I’m happy with a game and just give the rating. . I’m not even close to the end but I tried a lot with this game and I played all AC’s so far. Not only did I play them, I finished them 100% which means collecting every feather or treasure out there. Yeah I’m a huge fan of the series. I got them both digital and as console version, just to have something for my nerd shelf. So with this context given to you: I know all games in and out. I played it on pc.

    Of course you have to rate this game mostly against Origins and Odyssey because they seem to be very similar on first sight. But they are not and I will tell you why I’ve got issues with Valhalla. It seems I’m not the only one I checked some reviews (Skill Up, ACG, Gamestar etc. pp.) and read some reddit posts and also comments here on meta. My problem with metacritic: for most gamer it’s either top or flop. 0 or 10. Which seems to fit this generation of people but I’m Generation X (44) and have a more balanced view with pros and cons.

    Let’s start with the pink elephant in the room: the new combat system. A lot of people love it, a lot of people hate it. After playing and upgrading around with different sets and weapons (there are not many which is another problem for me) I have to say: I absolutely don’t like the combat. It’s way too slow and too clunky for my taste. I had the same issue with RDR2 (which also has the worst pacing ever). On the other side a Nioh 2 gameplay is perfect to me. And I liked the more fluid gameplay in Origins (160h with NG+) and Odyssey (403h with NG+) so much more! And that’s a big deal for me. Alongside the setting the gameplay is the most important part in every AC for me.

    PROS:
    - World Setting: as always it is absolutely georgous. I love Norway, England and the Vikings and the whole AC-series so what could go wrong?
    - Story: so far not that bad.
    - Dice game: I love it! Not as good as Gwent from Witcher 3 but it’s also very nice. Sadly you can’t get any money by playing it (at least so far I’m in the game)
    - Music: I hated the music in Odyssey but this one is great again
    - The world is huge: I love big open world games so I’m ok with that
    - Graphic settings: good job here Ubisoft
    - Side Missions: some of them are funny. And they are short which is good.

    CONS:
    - Combat System: as said above: I hate it. Even with 2x 2H weapons or other combinations (Dagger with shield, other weapon etc. pp) it feels clunky as hell. Not even near Odyssey and Origins I’m sorry. It’s way more boring. Slow. Clunky. Just not fun.
    - Slow fighting animations: the stomp f.e. takes forever and looks odd – and during that time you’re still vulnerable. Which is not a problem on normal but it’s annoying on the highest difficulty setting. Most animations are out of round. The look and feel is just bad!
    - Lack of Loot: yeah this is a big deal for me also. I know a lot of fans didn’t like the Diablo 3 loot system but I loved it. I love to play around with different sets and weapons and also the customization options which leads to:
    - Lack of Customization: there’s none. You either like your fav stats-set also visually or you’re screwed. In Odyssey you could manage your looks which I loved as RPG fan.
    - Lack of sorting items: yeah not possible you have to scroll and scroll and scroll through all tattoos….hair styles, ship skins etc. pp. it’s not good here
    - Arrows: different arrow types why? Hunter Bow’s quiver is limited and you cannot craft your own arrowas anymore – why??
    - Talent system: really Ubisoft? One of the worst “progression” systems I’ve ever seen in any videogame! You don’t know what 2.5 Headshot means – ist it percentage? Is it base damage? WTH? Same goes with almost every singe point in the tree. Also it’s all in the fog again when you reset all talent points once. Why? You cannot playn your way up. What were you thinking?! Odyssey was so much better! Hell even Syndicate was better.
    - Slow pace: one of the worst things from RDR2 they implemented here for no reason: walking like a snail while listening boring stories. Omg nothing kills my patience faster than this.
    - Draengr-Level: very hard. Really? It’s not even close to a dark souls or Nioh difficulty at any time. Yes of course when you go with power lvl 80 after a lvl 200 then it’s impossible but not when you level normally. Which means: very hard is not very hard at all.
    - Stealth-Kill-Animation: 10x slower than in any other AC so far. WHY?! Combinate this with master assassination (hardest level there) and you cannot even chain a second kill.
    - Instant-Stealth-Kill: you can switch a button in the menu I mean wtf again. I want to play a game like it’s meant to be played by the designers NOT “chose whatever you want – we don’t have any clue what WE want you to experience”.    … Expand
  7. fanfusuzi
    Jan 17, 2021
    5
    Bit Grinding, and not rewarding after you play for about 40hr. things start to get very repetitive.
    Also Ubisoft purposely make the game hard to level, so they can sell you the xp boost and gold boost. What a joke.
  8. muzmuz
    Apr 27, 2021
    5
    A decent viking simulator, but not a very good Assassin's Creed game nor a competitive RPG game. Ubisoft did bring the one-hit assassinations back which is a big thing for all the stealth fans out there, and the need for grind in this game is almost non-existent, if none at all, which I think was huge negative in the past two games. Unfortunately, the boring open world, quest structure andA decent viking simulator, but not a very good Assassin's Creed game nor a competitive RPG game. Ubisoft did bring the one-hit assassinations back which is a big thing for all the stealth fans out there, and the need for grind in this game is almost non-existent, if none at all, which I think was huge negative in the past two games. Unfortunately, the boring open world, quest structure and overall writing makes this game a bit more dull than we're used to.… Expand
  9. TunafishCowboy
    Nov 14, 2020
    5
    My interpretation of this game is going to be based on how it stacks against it's predecessor.
    TLDR; Wait for a sale.
    Most of this review is heavily negative so I'll list what I feel are positive values. Voice acting is well done for the most part. The voice actors for Eivor (male) and Sigurd were spot on. The game is absolutely gorgeous. Primary character models are textured and    My interpretation of this game is going to be based on how it stacks against it's predecessor.
    TLDR; Wait for a sale.
    Most of this review is heavily negative so I'll list what I feel are positive values.

    Voice acting is well done for the most part. The voice actors for Eivor (male) and Sigurd were spot on.
    The game is absolutely gorgeous. Primary character models are textured and designed well.
    The addition of 'Flyting' is a mechanic I did not expect would be fun.
    The praise ends there.
    Mediocre game at best not worth the price of entry. Ubisoft made it blatantly clear with Origin and Odyssey that they have little respect for their consumers with their cash-shop. Nothing has changed here. They've also delivered on continuing to show a lack of respect for your time by constantly wasting it on frivolous tasks ad tedium by marketing these events as 'Exploration' mechanics when it is nothing more than bloat. The UI HUD display for marked items is incredibly inaccurate and does not represent proper verticality. The HUD does not always display points of entry for well hidden items often requiring a significant time investment to locate marked items for even the most mundane category. Had these searches been limited to items of notable interest this would not be an issue but it is far too prevalent for simple resource caches.
    In almost every way this game is a step back from it's predecessor. The combat is disconnected, clunky and slow. The addition of a stamina bar generates extra complication where no additional complexity was needed. The skill tree system prevents players from truly creating a 'build' to compliment their vision of play. Locating abilities can be random and egregious if you are playing blind, adding an additional level of unwanted or unneeded complexity.
    In a franchise built around stealth mechanics, this title falls flat on it's face. Introducing the ability to 'Blend' into areas is a fan service with criminally poor execution.
    The Loot system while a step in the right direction, flounders without a substantial time commitment.
    Side Quests are short and sweet but also lacking context and direction in a few instances. Some are also bugged and incompletable.
    The parkour mechanics are not as tight and polished as they were in Odyssey making some collectibles a rage inducing practice in futility.

    This game is not a terrible game by any stretch of the imagination but it is far from good. It is clear that Ubisoft is attempting to milk player's time as much as they can in an effort to steer people towards their cash store which is clearly evident due to how much bloat is just beneath the surface of the core game. You can still play and enjoy this game without spending a penny, but the fact that time saver purchase-ables exist should be indicative of Ubisoft's endgame here.    … Expand
  10. ch33zu5
    Nov 13, 2020
    7
    So, It has all the usual Ubi launch day bugs, But we knew that was coming. I have been playing the series since the beginning and as good of a game as this is, It doesn't feel like an Assassins Creed game. If you were a fan of Odyssey, You will like this game........Probably not as much though.
  11. andrejS_de
    Apr 18, 2021
    7
    If you liked Odyessy, you will most likely also enjoy this game. It takes what Odyessy did right and capitalizes on it while removing some of the more tedious side content and instead respects your time. Except for one overarching problem that both Odyssey and this game suffer from is the gigantic, open world filled with empty space. It just feels dead and after a long while of playing, IIf you liked Odyessy, you will most likely also enjoy this game. It takes what Odyessy did right and capitalizes on it while removing some of the more tedious side content and instead respects your time. Except for one overarching problem that both Odyssey and this game suffer from is the gigantic, open world filled with empty space. It just feels dead and after a long while of playing, I got tired of it. Even when going back to it months later, I can't get back into it. It isn't worth it to me and I hope Ubisoft can come up with a way to make their open worlds more interesting.… Expand
  12. samstrummer90
    Nov 4, 2022
    7
    En realidad el juego es un 8. Pero como persona que disfruta y quiere completar los juegos al 100% he de quitar 2 puntos a AC Valhalla porque algún imbécil de Ubisoft pensó que hacer puzzles con cámara y controles de mierda con piedras que ha nadie importan un carajo era divertido. Esos puzzles asquerosos, mal programados y frustrantes me han hecho tener que rebajar la nota de este, por loEn realidad el juego es un 8. Pero como persona que disfruta y quiere completar los juegos al 100% he de quitar 2 puntos a AC Valhalla porque algún imbécil de Ubisoft pensó que hacer puzzles con cámara y controles de mierda con piedras que ha nadie importan un carajo era divertido. Esos puzzles asquerosos, mal programados y frustrantes me han hecho tener que rebajar la nota de este, por lo demás, magnifico juego.

    Lo primero que he de decir es que para disfrutar este título se ha de jugar con todo a máxima dificultad excepto el combate, que si te cuesta puedes adaptarlo a tu nivel.

    La IA es bastante mala, los niveles no están preparados para el sigilo por lo que esta disciplina deja mucho que desear. La dificultad del combate es absurda y proviene únicamente de los proyectiles que te impactan de manera automática y de conceder invulnerabilidad temporal a ciertos enemigos.

    Dejando de lado eso, el juego es una pasada. Mundo bonito y divertido de explorar, gran narrativa y una jugabilidad que a mi me ha atrapado por más de cien horas.

    Como recomendación, no te obsesiones con el 100% del juego. Juega lo que te apetezca, si comienza a cansarte o abrumarte, déjalo por unos días y retorna luego.    … Expand
  13. tedy20000bg
    Apr 17, 2021
    5
    Graphics from 2010
    animations suck
    story is fine
    def not ac game just scrap it already if ur gonna do ac game do a **** ac game not random rpg which just uses the name
  14. jantjehofje
    May 1, 2021
    7
    Overall an OK game. Definitely not the best AC game, nor my favorite.

    The game just doesn't offer enough of a challenge, even on the hardest difficulty settings.
    This can make the game feel pretty repetitive and boring, and is ultimately why I stopped playing this game after around 50h or so.

    Still worth playing in my opinion, but just keep in mind there's better AC games out there.
  15. simplytenshi
    Jan 7, 2021
    7
    Before starting I should say that this is my first Assassin's Creed game that I have fully beaten. Now with that out the way I enjoyed my time with the game but I think the biggest problem with it for me was the length of it all. At first the story is pretty dang good. I loved going to parts of England and making alliances with all these different people but after maybe 20 hours I began toBefore starting I should say that this is my first Assassin's Creed game that I have fully beaten. Now with that out the way I enjoyed my time with the game but I think the biggest problem with it for me was the length of it all. At first the story is pretty dang good. I loved going to parts of England and making alliances with all these different people but after maybe 20 hours I began to become tired of it and started realizing that there was a pattern to it.

    1. You go to the region hoping to make an alliance only to realize that there is a problem that needs to be solved before you could make one
    2. You help the fellow people solve their issue (usually ending with an attack on a fort of some sort)
    3. You finally get your alliance and (usually) never see these people again

    I honestly wouldn't have a problem with these style of gameplay if it hadn't been for the fact that these alliances get in the way of the main story. In some cases the main story would come back into the game and this crazy event will take place leaving you on the edge of your seat wondering what is coming next only to realize that in order to get to the next part of the story you have to play through another 10 hrs of alliances. I enjoyed my time with AC Valhalla but near the end it felt like I was just going through the missions hoping that the next alliance I did either got me to the next part of the main story or got me to the ending of the game    … Expand
  16. dipanpathak
    Jan 21, 2022
    6
    too long game, this is not a first for this kind of game, boring repeating stuff to do
  17. Frisbiek
    Dec 31, 2020
    6
    Valhalla suffers from Ubisoft trying to fuse together old style AC games with the RPG focus of the last two, Origins and Odyssey. With game mechanics such as blending in with crowds, sitting down on benches, and luring drunks, it's clear Ubisoft is trying to make all sides happy with old school AC and RPG. Unfortunately, this is what brings it down. Ubisoft also limited gear, to theValhalla suffers from Ubisoft trying to fuse together old style AC games with the RPG focus of the last two, Origins and Odyssey. With game mechanics such as blending in with crowds, sitting down on benches, and luring drunks, it's clear Ubisoft is trying to make all sides happy with old school AC and RPG. Unfortunately, this is what brings it down. Ubisoft also limited gear, to the point where you have little to look forward to. As a reward for almost everything in the game, you get skill points. You get so many skill points, you are able to fill out the different skill trees half way through the game and become godlike. I bumped all of the game difficulty options to max, and it was still too easy. Add to that, Enemies almost always present themselves in an area with their backs facing you and never moving, almost as if saying, "please assassinate me."

    Zealots- Valhalla's version of mercenaries- just roam in a circle in their respective zone. They never hunt you, even though early in the game you're told they will come after you. The fights are very souls-like, which I would be ok with if given a reward but in most cases, you guest it- more skill points. Later in the game you may actually get some runes, but you will get so many of these and you are so overpowered you won't care.

    The Story is pretty good, and probably one of the highlights. There's no side quests really- instead a bunch of world events scattered throughout the game. A lot of these are actually entertaining. Most are pretty funny. Unfortunately, all you are ever rewarded with are.... more skill points. So after doing a few, there's really no draw to partake in these.

    Combat is much better in Valhalla- you can't just spam abilities and the Stamina bar encourages you to time your moves and abilities just right. I kind of like this- it provides a challenge. Timing your blocks, parry, and hits feels rewarding. Unfortunately, Ubisoft was lazy with the abilities, which are broken down in to ranged and melee. You find books to open up these abilities which is fine- but it's not long before you realize that a lot of abilities are just pointless, and some abilities do the exact same thing for ranged and melee. There's an axe throwing ability which does the same ranged as it does in melee. You also get a skill for poison and fire separate for ranged and melee. Why?

    The Settlement portion was a neat idea, but again very lackluster. I read several interviews where this was supposed to make you care about your settelment inhabitants by improving their respective shelter. What I found was, the only one that mattered was the trading post, the blacksmith, and the hunting lodge. The rest seemed pointless. After upgrading a building, you might get a quest from who lives there, but it's one and done. The barracks is probably the most disappointing- it allows you to customize your own viking guard to go on your boat, but it's pointless. It behaves no different going on raids than the ones already on your boat. You can hire custom made Vikings throughout the game from other players, but again pointless- they do nothing more than the ones already provided.

    Speaking of raids, this seems great at first. But they become boring when you realize there's no urgency. It tries to make it feel like you need to get in, pillage, and get out. But you can actually take your time trying to figure out the never ending "every building requires a puzzle to solve to get in (ugh)." To improve, there should be a limited time until some sort of reinforcements arrive and you are forced to retreat with what you have. Ubisoft should also make it to where your viking crew can die, making custom made viking units a little more valuable.

    The graphics are of course amazing. Playing on an i7 9700k 2070 super setup at 1440P, everything looks great, particularly distant landscapes. There are a few annoying spots in large settlements where FPS drops- and it's frustrating that Ubisoft hasn't figured this out yet.

    I must have replayed Odyssey a dozen times so far. I don't think I will replay Valhalla much because there's not much to bring me back.    … Expand
  18. kayudin78
    Dec 19, 2020
    7
    Assassin’s creed valhalla latest patches ruin balance.The best game in the series start destroing.
  19. TragicShow
    Dec 20, 2020
    6
    This game would be a lot better if the developers bothered to fix the constant bugs before releasing it, or by fixing them at all. We are currently over 1 month into the game's release, and it is still plagued with constant game-breaking glitches and crashes. Here is a short list of my experience:

    -Game crashes on average about every 8 hours. Frequent autosave helps this system from    This game would be a lot better if the developers bothered to fix the constant bugs before releasing it, or by fixing them at all. We are currently over 1 month into the game's release, and it is still plagued with constant game-breaking glitches and crashes. Here is a short list of my experience:

    -Game crashes on average about every 8 hours. Frequent autosave helps this system from being even more annoying than it already is though.

    -Item wouldn't drop from defeating enemy (x2)

    -Died randomly from riding my horse on completely flat terrain

    -Died from an enemy phasing through me

    -Died from getting stuck in the terrain (x3)

    -Quest npcs despawned, forcing me to restart (x3)

    - Destructible barrier respawned while I was still inside a building, trapping me inside.

    -Tied up npc could no longer be picked up, forcing me to restart the mission

    -Quest character wouldn't spawn

    -Escort npc stopped moving (x2)

    -Npc I was escorting stopped following me

    These are just the glitches that forced me to restart, but there were plenty more that weren't as extreme.

    The story is okay. The gameplay is similar to Odyssey. I like the weapon choices and dual wield options, although not having a single one-handed sword in a time period where almost everyone had one-handed swords is stupid. I also like the more meaningful armor and being able to upgrade it. Without the glitches, I'd give the game a 7. But overall REVIEW HAS ENCOUNTERED ERROR    … Expand
  20. donanja
    Oct 10, 2021
    7
    I've only played this game for a handful of hours, but I've yet to be blown away like I was with the previous two titles. It's an enjoyable game and the graphics are second to none if that's important to you, but I feel as though the game lacks a lot of the breath-taking views that Origins and Odyssey had.

    I feel as though we don't spend enough time in Scandinavia, which are known to    I've only played this game for a handful of hours, but I've yet to be blown away like I was with the previous two titles. It's an enjoyable game and the graphics are second to none if that's important to you, but I feel as though the game lacks a lot of the breath-taking views that Origins and Odyssey had.

    I feel as though we don't spend enough time in Scandinavia, which are known to have gorgeous sights in real life. But the version of Scandinavia we get in this game is a harsh, frozen land with a few rundown harbor-towns and empty mountains. There's nothing. And before you know it, you're on a boat headed to England where the majority of the game takes place.

    Raiding outside of their homeland was a huge part of Viking history, but I had hoped that there would be more of a focus on what the Viking life was like back home, when they weren't raiding. England in this game also looks painfully plain compared to the sights of Odyssey and Origin; it's just grass, hills, and trees. Nature is pretty, but I can go outside right now and see these same sights. There's nothing too exciting about it to me.

    I'm a huge fan of all things related to Norse mythology, Vikings, etc. so this has been a bit of a letdown for me so far, compared to the previous titles at least. I hope it will grow on me over time, but so far I've yet to be blown away.    … Expand
  21. Midgetelf0585
    Dec 24, 2020
    7
    This game is solid, with really fun gameplay, good raids, a compelling main character background and closest relationships... BUT it's way too long.  It starts off very strong, with the background about why you're in England.  Gets stronger with the base building, lots of fun little world events, but soon becomes a slog of repetition.  Then about 15 hours in, it becomes compelling again.This game is solid, with really fun gameplay, good raids, a compelling main character background and closest relationships... BUT it's way too long.  It starts off very strong, with the background about why you're in England.  Gets stronger with the base building, lots of fun little world events, but soon becomes a slog of repetition.  Then about 15 hours in, it becomes compelling again. Then 5 hours after that, a slog.  You get the picture.  If they wouldn't have as much "forced filler" (just make some of those alliances clearly voluntary), it would serve the main plot and make it feel much more powerful and urgent.  Also the leveling is too fast.  It removes any feeling of accomplishment. So yeah, solid game, fun combat, good core story when you get to it, but to bogged down with fluff.… Expand
  22. Xemnuz
    Nov 19, 2020
    7
    When I started the game in Norway, I was borderlined depressed of how grey and plain the landscape and graphics were, how terrible the ship animations and how dull combat was. The voiceacting in Norway especially, is nausiating. But when I got to England (which is really not that long unless you walk around looting everything like me), then the game became much better. When you get toWhen I started the game in Norway, I was borderlined depressed of how grey and plain the landscape and graphics were, how terrible the ship animations and how dull combat was. The voiceacting in Norway especially, is nausiating. But when I got to England (which is really not that long unless you walk around looting everything like me), then the game became much better. When you get to England it's like they have changed the graphics engine, but at the same time it feels like just he graphics it was like 8 years ago in Black Flag, which is odd, but it's the same graphics engine only updated it seems. I really-really enjoyed Origins, and enjoyed Odyssey, and this seems pretty even to those (I'm prolly 50% done). But I feel as this is the viking age they could have done so much more with it, make it really feel special which they haven't, but I enjoy it nonetheless. I think it's time to stop the Abstergo/real world stuff going on in these games, absolutely no one cares and when you get thrown out of the world the game is in it just makes you annoyed. The main character is actually cool which I liked about Bajek and Edward as well, though he seems very small compared to others? Sigurd on the other hand appears to be a spanish/orange viking which I don't understand really. And for the love of air, why must they always make it 50/50 gender, there weren't raid boats half full of women, women simply cant fight men. Sure there could have been shieldmaidens, but you wouldnt have half your boat of women depending on your life in the fight against full grown men. It's like they are trying so hard for equality, but when you make "bosses" 2.10 meter tall women it's just silly and makes no sense. But as said, enjoy it so far, but for sure some things that could be better, probably no closer to 8 than it's to a 6, but it truly is immense which helps with the score.… Expand
  23. fnkrjnkie
    Dec 31, 2020
    5
    Quit the game after 17hours... I just can't take anymore. This game is boring aF. The Characters are not interesting. I had no interest in the story. There main quests are all the exact same thing... go to a place, kill everyone and repeat. The locked door/hidden entrance thing was cool at first but it became tiresome after a while trying to find a way into one place to find a way intoQuit the game after 17hours... I just can't take anymore. This game is boring aF. The Characters are not interesting. I had no interest in the story. There main quests are all the exact same thing... go to a place, kill everyone and repeat. The locked door/hidden entrance thing was cool at first but it became tiresome after a while trying to find a way into one place to find a way into another all for some meaningless loot. The game gives you no reason to keep switching between armor sets/weapons. You can get a good set and just upgrade it most of the game. The fighting in the game is terrible. it's not smooth at all. character constantly bugs out. animations take too long and it's the same damn thing over and over. I really wanted to atleast beat the game to get some of my moneys worth but I really couldn't stand playing any longer.

    The game world did look nice but nothing really stood out. Everything looked almost the same everywhere you went. The game is very forgettable. Also liked that they took off the grinding/level gating that ruined odyssey for me. Origins is still one of the best imo.    … Expand
  24. iartaza91
    Nov 19, 2020
    7
    So far I've played 5 hours. The game itself is beautyfull and the world is absolutely filed with thins and places and stories, but there is an ENORMOUS But... The AI. Oh God, enemies they virtually don't exist, even in the ultimate difficulty. And of course there are plenty of bugs. Is a shame, this could have been a masterpiece
  25. connorasmith
    Jan 23, 2021
    7
    As a long time Assassins Creed fan, AC Valhalla fell flat for me. By the end of the game, I found myself just wanting it to be over, as if playing the game had been a full-time job and the slog finally came to an end. Overall, Valhalla was an ambitious game, but it's poorly paced and filled so full of repetitive fluff, and so anti-climatic in it's story moments, that I enjoyed only a smallAs a long time Assassins Creed fan, AC Valhalla fell flat for me. By the end of the game, I found myself just wanting it to be over, as if playing the game had been a full-time job and the slog finally came to an end. Overall, Valhalla was an ambitious game, but it's poorly paced and filled so full of repetitive fluff, and so anti-climatic in it's story moments, that I enjoyed only a small portion of the 90 hours I played.

    I'll start with the good: The world of AC Valhalla is absolutely beautiful, with plenty to explore. The world is filled with diverse biomes, with terrain ranging from open fields to mountainous landscapes. This world is filled with short "world events" that, honestly, were my favorite part of the game. As mini-sidequests, they had a much lighter and more playful tone than the story, and many of them were actually hilarious. I think the best writing in the game can be found in these world events, and I always looked forward to reaching and experiencing every single one.

    Starting to get into what I didn't like: The world is also filled with an encumbering amount of collectibles, that are often hidden behind the same generic puzzle (sometimes even the exact same), to the point where solving and collecting the item just becomes tedious. To make matters worse, you can't see what the collectible is before getting near it, so trying to actually grab any meaningful wealth items or collectibles feels almost like a lootbox with little pay-off, with their sole purpose to just take up your time.

    I felt that way throughout the game, even with the main story. That so much of Valhalla just existed to drag out my experience, and force me to commit as many hours as possible in the illusion of it being a "massive" game. Truly, I felt like most of the game was just filler, with key story moments being rushed over and anticlimactic, while random arcs that very well should've been optional were forced on me and got more screentime than what should've been dramatic and critical plot moments. Similarly, the pacing of the story was awful, it felt like every time I started getting interesting in the main story, it would throw more (not optional) filler at me until I lost interest again. By the end, I had put 90 hours in Valhalla, but probably only actually enjoyed about 10 of those hours.

    Don't get me wrong - some of the story is great, especially toward the end, but those moments are so few and far between that it's hard to appreciate them at all (especially when the whole main story arc is so tonally inconsistent, and constantly feels like it alternates between comedy and drama).

    Though I don't usually complain too much about bugs, I did hit a few progression-blockers that really annoyed me. I can't even get to the game's epilogue now after finishing everything in the world, and a specific sidequest remains blocked by a known-issue that I'm just hoping will be fixed in a future update. Also, the bow (my favorite weapon in the game) has a quiver bug that results in me always having a lower arrow capacity I should, which was pretty annoying.

    I loved AC Odyssey and it's world, and to-date, I think it's still my Assassins Creed game. Maybe the Viking setting just didn't interest me enough, or maybe story just wasn't the priority for this game, but if there was anything I could change, I'd wish for a more condensed version of Valhalla that focuses on what it does best, and eliminates the mediocre filler.    … Expand
  26. Molercunart
    Dec 22, 2020
    7
    Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a game that makes the brand identity crisis more obvious than ever. This game has a passionate team behind it. The writing, especially towards the end may be the best the franchise has seen in a long time. The revival of the modern day and First Civ story are a welcome addition and tie in a lot of open questions that previous entries never cared to answer.Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a game that makes the brand identity crisis more obvious than ever. This game has a passionate team behind it. The writing, especially towards the end may be the best the franchise has seen in a long time. The revival of the modern day and First Civ story are a welcome addition and tie in a lot of open questions that previous entries never cared to answer.

    However, many of the issues that plague the franchise since Origins and became even more obvious in Odyssey are still there and don't seem like they are going to be solved in the near future. Valhalla continues the RPG route and leaves oldschool fans like me unsatisfied again. Just like in Origins and Odyssey, you are greeted with various different RPG mechanics, skills, tons of unimportant side content and a massive world to explore (I don't mean this in a good way). The bloat that especially plagued Odyssey returns again, but is handled a little better since Valhalla tries very hard to tie every little side activity into your main story and the growth of your settlement. Side stories are mostly non existent since all major narrative quests are part of the various main story arcs. Everything else on the map comes down to a bunch of different collectibles, skills, gear and little world events that don't really make an impact whatsoever.

    Theoretically, this doesn't sound so bad, but in reality it just shifts one issue into another location. Yes, it's true that there is no need to do side quests in order to have a high enough skill-level to continue the main story anymore. But the reason for that is that the side content basically became main content and is now mandatory. There are tons of different story arcs in Valhalla. One half is actually amazing, really engaging and makes you want more. The other half however, is often quite pointless and feels like massive filler. Don't get me wrong, they are still well written, but they really damage the quality of the main narrative. Everytime when the story feels engaging and makes you want more, it stops and the game forces you to finish one or two of the filler arcs before you can continue the really interesting arcs. Therefore, the main story never truly picks up until the very end.

    Also, since Origins the AC games don't really have a clear ending anymore. There is no real climax and a satisfying credit roll. Instead, it's just another finished quest and after a short "congratulations!" you are being thrown back into the open world. Part of that probably has to do with the fact that Ubisoft wants to continue the story in future DLC. A practice that I'm not really the biggest fan of. Valhalla with it's sheer size often feels like work, rather than a fun experience. If a game demands so much time and attention, I feel like it needs to earn this right. Games like The Witcher 3 or Red Dead Redemption 2 do this by really pushing forward story-driven open-world games and not releasing regularly. Valhalla, just like Odyssey before it, doesn't. This is just more of the classic Ubisoft content. Nothing that allows it to be as long as it is.

    Overall, Valhalla tries to make the best out of a bad situation. Assassin's Creed has become an RPG franchise now, whether you like it or not. Odyssey embraced this and made very clear that it doesn't want to appeal to the older generation of fans. Valhalla is in a different situation, because it really tries to appeal to both sides. There is quite a lot of lore about Assassins / Hidden Ones, Templars / Order of the Ancients and First Civilization and almost everything of it is really good. In the bigger cities the game tries to emulate the feeling of older titles by including social stealth and blending in with the crowds. But in the end, it still is mostly a Viking fantasy with Assassin's Creed elements and fanservice added into it, never reaching the potential of older titles. It's still better than nothing though (looking at you Odyssey).

    Apart from that, Valhalla often feels clunky and unpolished. There are a lot of bugs and glitches and the presentation at times may be a franchise low. Especially cutscenes, which for a long time were a prime discipline of AC with its fully mocap animations, are mostly nothing more than okay. The reason for that is because they now use AI animation presets to do most of the work, apart from a few mocap scenes.

    But why is that? It's simple: Time. These RPG ACs are massive in every way. And with a development time of 2 1/2 years, the developers had to cut things short in order to deliver such a massive title. Quantity over quality in that case. Therefore, one can only hope that the next-gen AC will return the franchise to its roots. Delivering a smaller, but more thought out world, better cutscenes and a more streamlined story with an actual Assassin vs Templar conflict in the center. If you were looking for any of this in Valhalla, you will be disappointed.    … Expand
  27. Ankthepot
    Jan 1, 2021
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Although improvements are made over the AC Odyssey. There were so many crashes, bugs such as getting stuck, flying cows, NPCs are not following you, sudden teleportation etc.. These issues prevented me enjoying the game itself. Disappointing for me.… Expand
  28. Yotsuhirasaka
    Nov 10, 2021
    6
    It's a decent step-up from Odyssey, which leaned too far into the Modern Games' RPG Mechanics with a far too non-standard deviation from the classic series' abilities.
    Unfortunately, that is all I can say. I truly desire for when we can receive a perfect Modern AC Game, but it seems unlikely as of writing this.
    As in Odyssey, buildings and parkour is absolutely shunned in-favor of the    It's a decent step-up from Odyssey, which leaned too far into the Modern Games' RPG Mechanics with a far too non-standard deviation from the classic series' abilities.
    Unfortunately, that is all I can say. I truly desire for when we can receive a perfect Modern AC Game, but it seems unlikely as of writing this.

    As in Odyssey, buildings and parkour is absolutely shunned in-favor of the combat system. Don't mistake me, combat in the modern games is quite fun, but it's not what should be leaned on in a game about assassination, or at least supposed to be...
    Aside from this, it is a decent game as a modern Lite-RPG Hell-scape. The story and quests are slightly padded but overall does not entirely overstay it's welcome.

    The Wrath of the Druids DLC is better than the base game, but not by much. I wouldn't recommend the DLC if you don't like the base game.
    The Siege of Paris (DLC) dragged on to little benefit, truly strengthened my distaste for the game as a whole. Recommend playing it before Druids so you have a decent taste in your mouth on finishing.    … Expand
  29. SouthpawSaint
    Nov 14, 2021
    5
    climbing is not smooth parkor is trash you get stuck on so many 1ft ledges and a simple plank of wood has been the end of me too many times to count simply because i could not dodge over it and stopped at it...the people eating this trash game up and giving it 10 need to stop playing games and ruining this for the rest of us....this game is not even hot garbage its cold garbage reheated inclimbing is not smooth parkor is trash you get stuck on so many 1ft ledges and a simple plank of wood has been the end of me too many times to count simply because i could not dodge over it and stopped at it...the people eating this trash game up and giving it 10 need to stop playing games and ruining this for the rest of us....this game is not even hot garbage its cold garbage reheated in a microwave. the systems are ALL buggy the only fun thing I have found is river raids and that does not even take place on the main map so you have no horse no raven and your stuck on the river you can take shortcuts as they are all blocked legit just the river and maybe 40ft past any buildings that are there it sad because I was really excited about this game and the time period as well as how they would integrate such opposing forms of combat and they simply tried to mash them together and failed miserably as well as some how making the 99% accurate systems of climbing and parkour as well as the all important combat system feel both sluggish (no matter the weapon type) the bow does massive damage but has like zero range for that amount of dmg and then i keep finding places that I want to raid but o wait I die like 100 times because they are so stupidly over leveled I can barely take a single hit without going to zero and this is maybe 100 yards from your first settlement for examples of this i will post my twitch link but i doubt it will work thanks to all the fkn spammers https://www.twitch.tv/southpawpablo/videos?filter=all&sort=time… Expand
  30. Szymko7
    Jan 27, 2022
    7
    Spent 170 hours on Valhalla. This game is very solid. It has to be one of the best open worlds ever created. It is beautiful, stunning at times. Music and score is nice, really immersive. I must say Ubisoft is trying to listen to the critics, because I see some improvements within the franchise. Quests are a little better, dialogs don't seem as stupid as it used to be in Odyssey. Game is aSpent 170 hours on Valhalla. This game is very solid. It has to be one of the best open worlds ever created. It is beautiful, stunning at times. Music and score is nice, really immersive. I must say Ubisoft is trying to listen to the critics, because I see some improvements within the franchise. Quests are a little better, dialogs don't seem as stupid as it used to be in Odyssey. Game is a little bit more RPGish now, but is still has a lot of flaws. I liked how different weapons create different combat feeling, but crafting system in general felt odd. I literally levelled up first random set I found and kept it for the entire game. This is how unnecessary crafting was. I liked the blue mysteries on the map. These unique stories were a great idea to fill the map with content. The number of alliances to form was a madness though. I finished this game a week ago, and I can remember maybe two plots of these regional quests. Halfdan in Donecaestre and maybe crimes of Lunden. I never thought I would ever say, that game can be too big, but Valhalla clearly is. It makes you tired. And repetition kills all the brilliance of it. I would be happy to give it a score of 9 if Ubisoft made it around 20% smaller, and made the story stand out a little more.… Expand
  31. realWhiteMan
    Mar 5, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My rating is based on my impressions of the game. This is not an objective review. I play quite a big number of titles per year and decided to review them as a peace of art and not as a product.… Expand
  32. Snjake
    Mar 18, 2023
    6
    Too long and boring and feels nothing like an Assassin's Creed game this should have been a game set in the Assassin's Creed world and not a mainline game
  33. MADJohn
    Apr 3, 2022
    5
    I've played the game on full ultra at 1440p, 120 percent resolution, and it's full of bugs.
    Ryzen 3900x Rtx 3080
    The game crashed, froze, music stuck, me being stuck on a mission, me being literally stuck. The characters in my story are teleporting. Except for the crashes, they were all minor concerns for me. I'm enjoying the game, but the story, writing, and dialogues are all    I've played the game on full ultra at 1440p, 120 percent resolution, and it's full of bugs.
    Ryzen 3900x Rtx 3080
    The game crashed, froze, music stuck, me being stuck on a mission, me being literally stuck. The characters in my story are teleporting.
    Except for the crashes, they were all minor concerns for me.
    I'm enjoying the game, but the story, writing, and dialogues are all mediocre. There's no real goal, nothing to propel you forward, and you're basically doing the **** for other people over and over again.
    The gameplay is enjoyable, but not exceptional, and this is not an AC. It's attempting to link it to the franchise, but it's simply not possible; the parkour is so constrained that 90% of what you could do in unity is lost here.

    Imagine being on a wall, looking behind you, and wanting to leap from the wall to another ledge, which is something you can do in every previous game, but you can't do it here. It's quite frustrating.
    The hidden blade is practically useless; there is no incentive to go stealth other than to waste time. Eivor isn't even a member of the creed.

    There are 5 songs on the boat; I couldn't find anyway to find find or unlock more; imagine sailing for 50 hours with the same 5 songs or just the sound of the water.

    Eivor isn't really engaging or charismatic. He serves no actual function other than to serve as a slave to everyone.

    Upgrades and all of the weapons' stats and runes seem pointless; all you need is XP and skills to get genuine power.

    So many micro-transactions my god.

    This game is so simple, merely reaching the required strength level allows you to demolish anything... To find any challenges, I had to play in a higher power level zone.

    This game is empty, no loot drop nothing, and I've discovered 5 weapons in 35 hours.

    Technically, the game looks decent, but not great, and visually, it's just plain uninteresting. I'm using HDR, and I'm not sure if the game is bugged, but the colors are occasionally very flat.

    Since Unity, I haven't really like any ac, but this one was quite interesting. I adore the Vikings, their history, mythology, and gods, but I doubt I would have played as long if I hadn't already learned about and enjoyed the period. I would have definitely stopped after 5 hours.

    I'd like to talk about how this game handles gods, but it would be a major spoiler, and I'm not a fan.

    If you're a long-time fan of AC, you'll probably dislike it, or if you do, it won't be the greatest for you.

    If you like the new style of ac and odyssey, you'll probably enjoy this one as well. There's less grinding and a level cap, which is a plus.

    This game tries to accomplish a lot of things, but it doesn't do any of them better than any other game. It's just okay, so I'll give it a 5.

    So, while the games is better than Odyssey, being better than awful does not make you good. I've played every single Assassin's Creed game, and each one has done something that has stayed with me. The music, gameplay, story, writing, and so on. After 25 hours, Valhalla had done nothing to amaze me, no times where I stayed and thought, 'Wow, this is fantastic.'

    It doesn't do anything differently from any other action game. And it certainly does not outperform the most well-known RPG on the market.

    It's a shame because Valhalla has so much potential, and we all know that ubisoft can achieve greatness and has done so in the past.

    But it appears like Ubisoft is simply not trying; they're settling for good enough. They're overly concentrated on developing as many games and microtransactions as possible in order to generate as much money as possible... They're on the wrong track, and I don't want to see the gaming business follow suit.    … Expand
  34. xTh-3-nDx
    Nov 14, 2020
    5
    the game is so reputative plus all the damn bugs from interacting with NPC to the climbing the combat is so bad that you get tired of it so fast the different weapon doesn't make that much of a different all the wealth hunting is the same the game says it's assassins creed but it has nothing to do with assassins creed games plus the huge empty map makes it worst
  35. Taavetti1983
    Apr 12, 2021
    6
    Had to change my Review for this game. Assassins Creed Valhalla was pretty disappointing in the end. So many silly little things. Graphics are very unstable sometimes making the game look muddy and awful. Jank so much jank. I loved Male Eivor and the Story is wonderful. Can’t believe in a game like this you can’t pull out your weapon like a Draw option, also can’t believe your Hood alwaysHad to change my Review for this game. Assassins Creed Valhalla was pretty disappointing in the end. So many silly little things. Graphics are very unstable sometimes making the game look muddy and awful. Jank so much jank. I loved Male Eivor and the Story is wonderful. Can’t believe in a game like this you can’t pull out your weapon like a Draw option, also can’t believe your Hood always falls off when you get into battle. It’s a cool game to play if you get it cheap and have played all the better games and have nothing else to play. 6/10… Expand
  36. Posyhov
    May 1, 2021
    5
    extremely boring after 40h. The choices are usually irrelevant, as is the development of the settlement. Lots of fillers wasting the player's time - like closed chests in closed buildings ...
  37. severouss
    Nov 12, 2020
    7
    AC Valhalla offers a very beautiful, fleshed out open world to dive in (art direction is, once more, truly exceptional) and an intriguing, enjoyable story, especially for those who like the vikings setting. Moreover, the protagonist is well-balanced, witty and relatable, while, at the same time, (s)he allows some room for role playing. I really liked Kassandra in Odyssey and I didn'tAC Valhalla offers a very beautiful, fleshed out open world to dive in (art direction is, once more, truly exceptional) and an intriguing, enjoyable story, especially for those who like the vikings setting. Moreover, the protagonist is well-balanced, witty and relatable, while, at the same time, (s)he allows some room for role playing. I really liked Kassandra in Odyssey and I didn't believe that they could actually match that, but they did (plus the fact that Magnus Bruun is great as Eivor, better than Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra imo whose performance was good, but uneven). The supporting cast is good as well, with very few exceptions. Last but not least, I really liked the spooky/mystic atmosphere of the game, Ubisoft nailed it in this aspect (the phenomenal soundtrack helps a lot with this of course).

    So, why did I give it a 7, instead of an 8 or a 9? The main reasons are the following 3:

    1. Lack of refinement. This is classic Ubisoft. They craft these amazing open worlds, they put so much effort and passion and love, but they sabotage themselves by not allowing a few more months of production to cover that extra mile and achieve greatness. And in order to achieve greatness you have to tend to the details as thoroughly as possible, take care of those little things very few people notice if they are there, but many people notice if they are not.

    2. The combat is a mixed bag for me. On the one hand they fixed the main issue I had with Odyssey (enemy sponges), on the other the combat doesn't always "connect", it often feels awkward and disjointed. Also, it's too exaggerated/arcadey for my taste (for instance, the heavy attack usually flings the enemies 5-6 meters away, wtf). I think this was the perfect opportunity for a more grounded, tight and impactful combat system which would significantly add to the immersion. Sadly, they missed it.

    3. It drags far too long; obviously this is completely subjective, but I felt that the game would've been far better if they'd removed some of the fat (which, imo, is about 10-15 hours of unnecessary content).

    Don't get me wrong, I'm really enjoying my time with the game. It's a good game. Unfortunately though, it has some serious issues which I think Ubisoft has the knowledge, experience and resources to address, but they didn't. And this is not the 1st time, it is actually the rule rather than the exception with all of their games.

    That's all, Severouss out.    … Expand
  38. woopz
    Nov 27, 2020
    7
    Loved the story in the start, got a little worse when all the assassin's creed stuff started later in the game, would have been a 10 if this game was just a viking game. shame they did'nt just start new and made a realistic game more like kingdom come.
  39. elefsar
    Apr 26, 2021
    6
    Hikayesi vasat, silahlar çeşitli değil, ama kullanımı güzel. Coğrafya fena olmasa da içine pek çekmiyor, çok ağır oyun, kütük yani dövüş sistemi falan. akmıyor.
  40. CharlyPlayman
    Mar 25, 2021
    7
    PROS: Brilliant graphics and game very well executed + Very long game + Blocking with shields + Lots of news (raids, go inside wells, drink game, locked doors, anomaly puzzles, etc)

    CONS: Story become confussing and absurd when near the end (it really doesn't end) + Sometimes the game crashes + Talking with people are often unreal (they aren't watching at you) + In my opinion Valhalla    PROS: Brilliant graphics and game very well executed + Very long game + Blocking with shields + Lots of news (raids, go inside wells, drink game, locked doors, anomaly puzzles, etc)

    CONS: Story become confussing and absurd when near the end (it really doesn't end) + Sometimes the game crashes + Talking with people are often unreal (they aren't watching at you) + In my opinion Valhalla clearly don't beat to Origins or Odyssey    … Expand
  41. BiberliSut
    Mar 31, 2021
    5
    This game is not made with labor. They work up for money and franchising. Graphics like cartoon and combat mechanism is so robotic and bad. But i will give 5 points for armors,weapons and character lookings. Im sorry ubisoft ...(wait for discount)
  42. NfeKteD
    Dec 30, 2020
    5
    From the first trailer I had a impression: they took AC: Odyssey and changed skin for the NPC's and the map. And I was not so wrong.

    The game has its differential and its identity, but it is practically the same game with a different appearance, and a story of its own. Several animations are the same, movements, bugs during movement ... The story is interesting at one point, but with    From the first trailer I had a impression: they took AC: Odyssey and changed skin for the NPC's and the map. And I was not so wrong.

    The game has its differential and its identity, but it is practically the same game with a different appearance, and a story of its own. Several animations are the same, movements, bugs during movement ...

    The story is interesting at one point, but with a few "holes" like a "master killer" simply giving a stranger a hidden blade, although they "try" to justify it later, it is still quite strange in terms of lore.

    The game has the problem that all AC's since Origins have been having, and getting worse, the game extends too long, there comes a time, when you can't stand playing the game anymore and practically activates the subtitles to see what the NPC's are going to say and skip the cutscenes, instead of the old ones that you were either satisfied with or wanted more from the game.

    A point that bothered me a lot, is that at first it seemed interesting how you have a map and choose where you want to go first, this is really fantastic, but what it seems is that each employee was responsible for a part and did not communicate with others what was supposed to happen, for example, Eivor pissed off with some events in an area, which end up even worse, so you have 2 options, continue to the area designated as next, or make another turn to get allies, if you want to get allies, he isn’t pissed off and tries to do everything as quickly as possible to resolve the unfinished business in the previous area, he’s laughing, having fun, talking nice, or anything, and when you come back he's all mad again that you have to do everything as quickly as possible without thinking, swords up and plans are not necessary, and you're like: WTF?

    The game is full of bugs, the game crashes, saves corrupt, quick travel is disabled, npcs bug and do not allow to continue a mission, some missions do not complete (I saw cases on youtube, where the guy can not deliver the last mission of the game, because it bugged the conversation with the NPC).

    Secondary activities, at first glance, are fun, here called mysteries and artifacts, but 2 of them reach a point that became a nuisance ...
    One of them is to run after a papyrus, as in the old games for example AC3, however, there was more "stuck" the issue of parkour, here as everything is scalable, it is very easy for Eivor to stop somewhere, try to climb where shouldn't, and you lose the papyrus and have to do it all over again.
    Another is to stack some stones, at the beginning it is fun, relaxing, but it comes to some points in the game, that the type of balance has to be so perfect, in such a specific order of stones, that it is more angry than calming

    And on the PC in particular, Ubisoft decided that no game of hers will have Achievments anymore, that for those who don’t care OK but for those who like it, don’t take the PC version, they justified that it was altered by such "challenges" , while on consoles there are 40 ~ 50 achievements, on Uplay there are 10 ~ 20 "challenges" that are things you don’t even have to try to do, like "complete the area, complete the mission", mandatory things, you it kind of ends the game with 100%, there are no achievements like "make all the mysteries of the world", they are simply things related to the main campaign, taking away every challenge from those who liked to put 100% with some real challenges.

    Assassin's creed Valhalla is getting back on track in terms of history, especially with the "current" time, however, it is still a game mess, which does not know if it wants to be an RPG or an AC (even because you do not play with an assassin) for the 2nd game in a row, since Origins is the origin so it’s acceptable, you end up as one), where they only use the game’s “fabula” to justify an RPG, full of microtransactions from clothes full of effects, to resource boosts , in addition to the rapid devaluation of the game, on launch day (in my local currency) it was necessary 199BRL for the base game, with nothing, 40 days later, the game with all DLC's is coming out for 219BRL, leaving to whom is the saga fans , with muggle face.

    Wait for a promotion, wait for the bugs to be 100%, play with patience, because one hour you will be playing out of obligation, and not for fun.    … Expand
  43. splinter400
    Nov 14, 2020
    7
    Ok, i took my time to write this, i have 25 hours of playtime at the moment... So, this AC is finally after some years a proper AC, i really like Origins and Odyssey, their gameplay was really good, better than the old ACs games in my opinion, but something was wrong, there were no assassins, the stealth was almost completely gone, they were really good games but they weren't ACs anymore,Ok, i took my time to write this, i have 25 hours of playtime at the moment... So, this AC is finally after some years a proper AC, i really like Origins and Odyssey, their gameplay was really good, better than the old ACs games in my opinion, but something was wrong, there were no assassins, the stealth was almost completely gone, they were really good games but they weren't ACs anymore, but woah, this one feels and plays better than old ACs, the stealth is finally back, and with a solution that i love, you can finally kill high level enemies but you have to be good to do it, you need to do a "quick time event" sort of thing and there it is, a one shot kill, like the old days, i loved that, also the combat is brutal, it feels and plays good, the story for now is really on point, the abilities are good and they aren't totally unrealistic like Odyssey, the quest system tho, is probably the best thing about Valhalla, it makes you explore all of the various zones, and it keeps you going by giving you loot or xp. But why did i gave it a 7? Because as always there are some problems, and because it's Ubisoft the problems are the ones that you can find in every other AC game, the animations brake so easily, everything is bugged, it's really rare to do a combat or watch a cutscene where everything goes as planned, 2nd thing is that the map is too big, i mean it's really too enormous, and there are many maps!!! We have England, Norway, Asgard and one more that i have to explore, i mean thats really a lot, and maybe a little bit too much... Anyway this AC is really good, it feels like an AC finally, the reason of my 7 are as always with ubisoft the technical problems that the game has, but really good, Ubi please keep it up for the next games.… Expand
  44. 0235
    Dec 13, 2020
    6
    What should be an intense 50 hour game with variety and a gripping story is drawn out into a 100 hour fetch quest of unnecessary loot items, side tasks, map marker hunting, and going backwards and forwards across a beautiful, but excessively large map. If you have the time, it is recommended, but expect half of that time to be fluff and filler.
  45. asdfasdf12456
    Jul 1, 2021
    6
    Combats are better than Odyssey but the story is boring. I completely forgot the story halfway while conquering England. This event seems not related to the main character's story, so many new characters keep jumping in and out of the scene. It is too hard to remember all of them since they have very little impact to the main storyline. After finishing conquering all the places, I feelCombats are better than Odyssey but the story is boring. I completely forgot the story halfway while conquering England. This event seems not related to the main character's story, so many new characters keep jumping in and out of the scene. It is too hard to remember all of them since they have very little impact to the main storyline. After finishing conquering all the places, I feel like I got slapped in the face for doing that because it serves no purpose at all.… Expand
  46. Bakibenz
    Jul 7, 2021
    6
    Visuals: 8/10

    - Quality: Beautiful graphics and landscapes. Lot of clipping issues. 8/10 - Style (-uniqueness): Same engine as Origins and Odyssey. Typical AC style (eagle vision). 8/10 - User Interface: Easy to understand and use. There are some missing options, for example when designing your jormsvikingr. 8/10 Sound: 6/10 - Voice acting: Generally speaking okay. Lot of    Visuals: 8/10

    - Quality: Beautiful graphics and landscapes. Lot of clipping issues. 8/10
    - Style (-uniqueness): Same engine as Origins and Odyssey. Typical AC style (eagle vision). 8/10
    - User Interface: Easy to understand and use. There are some missing options, for example when designing your jormsvikingr. 8/10

    Sound: 6/10

    - Voice acting: Generally speaking okay. Lot of lip-sync issues. 6/10
    - Music: No notable hits, but gives a great vibe. 6/10
    - Sound effects: Combat sounds are somewhat satisfying, but the level up/large chest opening sound is rather annoying. Nothing remarkable. 6/10

    Gameplay: 6/10

    - Controls (ease of use): Very clunky, but parrying and blocking is responsive at least. Climbing and generally just moving is a frustrating experience. 6/10
    - Unique systems: Levelling up feels like a chore. The raid mechanic is a welcome addition. Nothing really new to be honest. 6/10
    - Difficulty (settings, scaling, etc.): Played on the hardest combat and stealth difficulty. Stronger enemies and bosses have an annoying amount of health, but their damage is rather forgiving with good armour and 2-3 portions of HP refill. 7/10
    - Grind: It seems possible to complete the main story without having to force yourself to do side quests. The problem is that even the main story is repetitive. 5/10

    Story/Lore/World: 7/10

    - Characters: There were a few interesting characters, but there are so many characters in the game that after some time you start forgetting who's who. Apart from the main characters nobody really stands out. 6/10
    - Writing quality: Eivor has some really great lines. Language can be witty, so overall I am satisfied. 8/10
    - World design: Trademark Ubisoft copy and paste, rather empty and lifeless world. NPCs do not seem to have a daily routine, they just walk around. Not too convincing. 6/10
    - Story/Lore: not ready to comment yet.

    Technical: 5/10

    - Optimization: Really bad, worse than the previous 2 games. Kind of playable but 60 FPS is impossible. 5/10
    - Bugs: Several game braking bugs. The character gets stuck. Insane amount of visual bugs. 4/10    … Expand
  47. Mad-Marty
    Jul 26, 2021
    5
    The start is somewhat great, then it goes south. Let alone that it's ahack & slay game, as the 2 previous ones.
    Too much repeating quests, and 16 alliances ... boring as hell after the first few.
    They didn't forget to add good sidequests, they just labeled them mandatory main quests for allies.
    And the end is confusing crap from a damaged brain.
  48. gameking
    Nov 28, 2022
    7
    This is a good game but it has too many repetation. The travel is not good enough. I don't like the combat system. But on the other hand, the story line is good enough.
  49. Mini1124
    Jan 25, 2021
    6
    I wanted to like this game. I preordered the deluxe edition, I even went back and entirely replayed Origins and Odyssey in anticipation. But replaying those games may be the crux of Valhalla. The world is in no way shape or form as beautiful or varied as the islands of Greece, or the sprawling sandscape of Egypt. It altogether feels very bland and uninteresting. I will say the characterI wanted to like this game. I preordered the deluxe edition, I even went back and entirely replayed Origins and Odyssey in anticipation. But replaying those games may be the crux of Valhalla. The world is in no way shape or form as beautiful or varied as the islands of Greece, or the sprawling sandscape of Egypt. It altogether feels very bland and uninteresting. I will say the character detail, and armor/clothing customization and upgrading system is excellent. I just wish there was more choices of sets compared to odyssey where you could have 30+ entirely unique outfits. Onto the story of Valhalla: it’s not good. You have essentially no choice in various outcomes that Ubisoft makes you think matter. The entire arc as a whole is just so unbelievably dry and devoid of flavor. The romance options feel very forced, and like I said, in many cases no matter what decisions you make the game already has a predetermined outcome. I wanted to love this game, Origins was just a glimpse into the masterpiece that was Odyssey, and I hoped Valhalla would go even further, but it didn’t. It’s worth picking up if it goes on sale, but at full price and compared to previous iterations it’s not that great of a game.… Expand
  50. YordanYanakiev
    Jun 8, 2021
    7
    It could really do more.. but well... probably there is just not so much interesting things around the Viking ages. Maybe about 40 hours in the game, and everything start looking like one big repeat of the thing which You just did a minutes ago.
    Let's hope that the next AC will be in the ancient Thracia or Rome, where there is much more to do. ;)
  51. cyclopropyl
    Jun 16, 2021
    6
    The story line as well as open world things to do makes it the best AC so far. I play ~110 hrs and was still very into the game until all my saves were 'corrupt'. Not sure how that happened, but I reinstalled the game but still could not resolve the issue - so after alot of consideration I decided to start over (instead of just uninstalling). After ~10 hrs of play the autosave files forThe story line as well as open world things to do makes it the best AC so far. I play ~110 hrs and was still very into the game until all my saves were 'corrupt'. Not sure how that happened, but I reinstalled the game but still could not resolve the issue - so after alot of consideration I decided to start over (instead of just uninstalling). After ~10 hrs of play the autosave files for the new game were not corrupt....they just loaded me into a frozen screen - well, that is it for me. Unless I plan to plan a few weeks straight and not turn off the game, there is no reason to expect a different result. Too bad - it is a cool game otherwise.… Expand
  52. Rybachkablat
    Feb 6, 2022
    7
    And so, where to start ... I'll start with the fact that this game is somehow similar to the usual Assassin. After playing it for 60+ hours, I realized that Ubi took a big step in the series, they added a HIDDEN blade that does not HIDDEN))). Jokes aside, I'll tell you better about the pros and cons of the game.
    PLUSES: 1. Visual (it's amazing)
    2. The plot (in the plot there is a    And so, where to start ... I'll start with the fact that this game is somehow similar to the usual Assassin. After playing it for 60+ hours, I realized that Ubi took a big step in the series, they added a HIDDEN blade that does not HIDDEN))). Jokes aside, I'll tell you better about the pros and cons of the game.
    PLUSES: 1. Visual (it's amazing)
    2. The plot (in the plot there is a brotherhood, YES Odyssey)
    3. Level system (Here you can complete the game without grinding and passing side quests)
    MINUSES:
    1. Not the best networking.
    2. Boring side quests
    3. Very, very how much Donat in the single player.
    Well, like everything, I liked the game, I put 7/10    … Expand
  53. Duzk7398
    Sep 20, 2021
    6
    Not going to give this game a false 10 because its not helping the Devs become better and giving the community what they deserve. The map is huge, that doesn't mean that it is interesting at all. If the landscape wasn't so well done this game would be boring enough to replace sleep medication. The "collectables" flung across the map in uninteresting locations are an excellent touch to theNot going to give this game a false 10 because its not helping the Devs become better and giving the community what they deserve. The map is huge, that doesn't mean that it is interesting at all. If the landscape wasn't so well done this game would be boring enough to replace sleep medication. The "collectables" flung across the map in uninteresting locations are an excellent touch to the dull design. The combat system is not garbage but it is not at all good. Enemies can spam all abilities while you are left to kite them around until you get enough stamina to do a single hit then kite them around some more. The stealth is pointless and horribly done for an Assassin's Creed game, there is not corner hiding at all, no ducking under cover but they added gore. The only thing it seems Ubisoft focused on was accessibility features. Menu narration, have no idea why that is a feature, text size, among other frivolous features that really add nothing and seem to have been the studios focus. The story is near non existent, you can just skip the entire thing and kill whoever with no lead up at all. No worth while investigation, no getting to know the citizens of the area and helping them out for the greater good, its so far from what the series used to be it shouldn't even be Assassin's Creed. This game is a monument of a lazy development team that just shovel what ever they can out into their fanbase and hope the mindless masses buy it. The music is good when it plays, that rarely happens, even with the music frequency maxed out. Pure waste of potential with this game. I will update further the more I play it but so far its just meh and inspires no joy.… Expand
  54. Woolee
    Sep 26, 2021
    6
    AC Valhalla has very big map and it's very long game, so basically if you don't like long game, there's no point trying this one. But if you do like long games, it's very solid. One of the better AC games imo.
  55. Dldoss
    Oct 12, 2021
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The people from the order you have to kill it doesn't move you because you don't even know them at all. it is just another to do list..

    Compare that with the last of us or any open world rockstar games game... A lot of content to keep you busy but it lacks in depth of quality    … Expand
  56. XinBaDa
    Oct 24, 2021
    5
    И вот прошли 140 часов - и вот они 100%, собственно после этого и можно трезво оценивать игру.
    Не понимаю как люди скачут из крайности в крайность (оценки 0 и 10) без каких-либо аргументов и выделения +/- игры.
    А теперь, наверное, нужно рассказать почему именно 5/10, а не 7 или 8? 1. Лор и история: если рассматривать игру как некоторое ответвление серии AC - то тут большая беда.. да,    И вот прошли 140 часов - и вот они 100%, собственно после этого и можно трезво оценивать игру.
    Не понимаю как люди скачут из крайности в крайность (оценки 0 и 10) без каких-либо аргументов и выделения +/- игры.
    А теперь, наверное, нужно рассказать почему именно 5/10, а не 7 или 8?
    1. Лор и история: если рассматривать игру как некоторое ответвление серии AC - то тут большая беда.. да, есть раскрытие некоторых моментов и связывание данной игры с миром AC, но это лишь в записях и не более. Если говорить про сюжет, то он действительно местами замечателен, при 2м прохождении ты всё больше и больше замечаешь делатей, зная конечно же концовку (особенно это видно в диалогах).
    Но кроме этого на протяжении игры мы видим как меняется Эйвор в лучшую сторону и начинает мыслить иначе (свой взгляд на действия Незримых и т.д.), но зачем же Ubisoft будут это развивать? Конечно же под конец диалогами и действиями ГГ они и это испортят!
    2. Дополнительные задания: всё стало лучше и тут скорее можно поставить "+", чем "-", НО есть 1 но.. все эти задания максимально не серьёзные в отношении мира и выглядят как насмешкой над игрой и миром.
    3. Баги: это то, за что стоит уже пинать Ubisoft.. Вы серьёзно? Как можно давать 10/10 когда который год из-за Ubisfot Connect вылетает игра, т.к. не смогла записать сейв на облако?! Максимально кривые звуки первый месяц; невозможность выполнения некоторых заданий (а в мире они есть); невозможность отключить ну уж очень долгие анимации добивания; - и это всё либо не правят вовсе, либо откладывают в долгий ящик. Зато поправить ОПИСАНИЕ персонажа из-за которого в Twitter кто-то ущемился -> сразу правим..
    4. Дополнения: будем честны, но дополнения максимально слабые. Эти DLC максимально выглядят как выкачивание денег ("привет EA" говорит Ubisoft, постукивая снизу). Если 1е дополнение как-то и можно пережевать, то 2е - это крах. Оно абсолютно не запоминается, в нём нет попросту ничего. Потеряете ли вы что-то если не будете их проходить - НЕТ. Ах да.. забыл сказать, что прохождение DLC занимает всего несколько часов.
    5. Магазин (за реал): тут и добавлять нечего, сразу огромный "-" и можно спокойно забывать про 10/10. В сингл играх не должно быть такого и за такое компании нужно пинать, но почему люди это едят то?! Почему Вы готовы платить свои деревянные за пони, которое ну не ввязывается никак в этот мир???

    И подводя итоги: игра действительно была замечательна вне серии AC (+если убрать донат магазин), можно было бы смело ставить 8-9 из 10.

    Пугает, что Ubisoft скатывается в яму из которой очень тяжело будет выбраться, ей нужна лишь прибыль и прибыль, более ничего. Она готова убить серию игр ради прибыли. И самое печальное - люди это принимают. К сожалению, таким темпом следующая игра действительно может стать игрой-сервисом благодаря нам - игрокам.    … Expand
  57. ChampionofDeaTH
    Oct 29, 2021
    6
    визуально игра хороша но очень топорная механика битвы , да и врагов вы не найдете просто блуждая по миру
  58. ZzTopNemesis
    Mar 1, 2022
    7
    Score: 7.2

    Bloated. One word that explains it very well. Yes we have assassin's back, but it's just a side story for some reason, not the main one. Gameplay wise, it's fun, i like it better than origins and odyssey. The graphics are beautifull. The story starts and ends very well, but the middle part of it, that are about 50 hours, nah, i don't even know the names of the    Score: 7.2

    Bloated.

    One word that explains it very well.
    Yes we have assassin's back, but it's just a side story for some reason, not the main one.

    Gameplay wise, it's fun, i like it better than origins and odyssey.

    The graphics are beautifull.

    The story starts and ends very well, but the middle part of it, that are about 50 hours, nah, i don't even know the names of the cities and people i "helped" or killed    … Expand
  59. sVarus
    Feb 26, 2022
    7
    In short, more from acquaintances AC.

    The game looks beautiful. Fighting is fun and feels great 80% of the time.
    But then comes the typical AC / Ubisoft problem, the quest design. An effort has been made, but it feels irrelevant and repetitive and too long. Each area has its quest line and they are not exciting.
  60. przeprze
    Apr 1, 2021
    7
    I really REALLY wanted to like the game, but alas. The story, I think, is its biggest strength and, at the same time, its biggest flaw. There is "slow burn" and then there is Ubisoft's approach to their games. You want to move the plot? Why of course, do several hours of tedious repetitive quests with uninspired, poorly written and horribly voiced side characters over and over and over andI really REALLY wanted to like the game, but alas. The story, I think, is its biggest strength and, at the same time, its biggest flaw. There is "slow burn" and then there is Ubisoft's approach to their games. You want to move the plot? Why of course, do several hours of tedious repetitive quests with uninspired, poorly written and horribly voiced side characters over and over and over and over again. You want to take a break and try some side content? Why of course, here are your low-quality low-effort "world events" that will baffle you by their presentation more often than by their actual content.

    And, unlike in Odyssey, this time I'm actually sad about all this. Eivor grew on me immensely in the course of the game, as did the combat system. Raids lost their appeal after about the fifth one I did but still were a welcome distraction from the monotonous story quests. And the world itself is incredible, lush and vibrant in ways not many games can achieve. Too bad, then, that it overstays its welcome for about 10-20 hours (of purely story-related content).

    Ubisoft really need to scale down. Valhalla shows that, if their heart is in the right place and the writers actually care about the story, new AC installments can come very close to the legendary ones like AC2, Black Flag and Unity. But as long as they keep making the games more and more bloated and padded with completely arbitrary fluff, aimed at making you skip the grind by buying things at the store to finally FINALLY progress the damn story, they'll stay in this weird limbo of "ah yes, yet another Assassin's Creed game".    … Expand
  61. scotterpi
    Nov 14, 2020
    5
    Great story, but this game makes several steps in the wrong direction with gameplay in comparison to AC Odyssey. Stealth is pretty nerfed and the chain assassination function barely works if ever. On top of that special abilities just suck now whether it's because they take too long to charge or because they won't go off because you were attacked. Gameplay has become tedious and unfun.Great story, but this game makes several steps in the wrong direction with gameplay in comparison to AC Odyssey. Stealth is pretty nerfed and the chain assassination function barely works if ever. On top of that special abilities just suck now whether it's because they take too long to charge or because they won't go off because you were attacked. Gameplay has become tedious and unfun. Too much of the base building is pointless because the only benefit you get from most of it is visual customization. The game is overall massively disappointing.… Expand
  62. Slystarz
    Nov 17, 2020
    6
    Bland story, I found the combat in Odyssey to be more engaging than this.
    As for the upgrade system its tedious and unimagnitative, as I am writing this I am wondering why I am
    scoring as high as 6, Assassins Creed is still the title why am I not an assassin ? This game has lost its way.
  63. Catchy
    Dec 7, 2020
    7
    I had to google that I actually completed the game because the story just suddenly ended. However, and despite some frustration, in my opinion this game takes the throne out of the past three assassin's creed games.

    When you start in England the game was a lot of fun, combat keeps you engaged with different possibilities to complete quests and the game offers a vast world with lots to    I had to google that I actually completed the game because the story just suddenly ended. However, and despite some frustration, in my opinion this game takes the throne out of the past three assassin's creed games.

    When you start in England the game was a lot of fun, combat keeps you engaged with different possibilities to complete quests and the game offers a vast world with lots to do. The core game-play is not surprisingly your typical Ubisoft grind, after 70 hrs the game became quite repetitive and by 100 hrs I just wanted it to end.

    The game has some serious frustrating bugs and hindering to progress, for example you are forced to play these (in my opinion) boring mini-games to progress the secret order chain (thankfully nothing a homemade trainer wouldn’t fix), and I had to do a few earlier reloads because the game got literally stuck in the story.

    As for side quest, I couldn't stand the Aasgard side-quest, thankfully it was just a side-quest, and I’m not sure why they decided to make 'eliminating the ancient order' a side quest. It baffles me that eliminating the order is not part of the main story, ‘Assassin's creed' is just a corporate branding at this point.    … Expand
  64. fi57yseven
    Dec 7, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have played 102 hours as of writing this review.
    Valhalla is a good game, it is fun and fantastic to explore.
    The story is non existent , you go to each area that you pledge and you play out many short stories, and depending on what you do or where you go effects the outcome of your exchange with NPCs.
    and for no real reason the Assassin which is guiding and helping you for 2% of the story who is supposed to be important TURNS ON YOU, there felt like there was zero explanation as to why other than he is the rebirth of Loki who is still holding a grudge against Eivor and Sigurd for holding his wolf son captive when they were gods who for some reason are reincarnated?, it felt lazy.
    this has to be the buggiest AC game I have ever played, I had to increase my VRam to fix the constant crashing.
    The town you build isn't much of a wow factor and felt kinda pointless, I feel it was overhyped with very little pay off.
    The order of the ancients and the assassin's felt pointless, The order apart from Fulke felt like something of a side quest, and the Assassin's who were the excuse to bring back the hidden blade begrudgingly via Sigurd, and tell you much of what you already knew.
    Going to Asgard felt like a chore, everything was, go and get this then go and get that, then they threw in a boss to take away from the scavenger hunt that is Asgard, then to go back to Asgard ANOTHER SCAVENGER HUNT.

    I know I am ranting and seem like I hated this game, but bare with me, with 102 hours played and every bit of story done, I left the game feeling like I didn't really play it, I felt like I went into side quest simulator and everything including the main story was a side quest.

    The dual wield any weapon annoyed me a lot, you only get a few weapons and it's not a huge variety, you can buy the same 6 or so weapons and shields from the shop in game, and it is the same thing in every shop, making going to a new area thinking you may find a cooler bow a pointless endeavour, so if you like using axes and shields then this will fit you nicely, I was looking forward to going back to the Edward Kenway days and dual wielding me some swords, NOPE, you get two greatswords, one which you buy the other which is in a chest, Excalibur is in the game too but being that you can only really get hold of it end game I never saw the point in even trying to get it, you have completed the game why would I want a bad ass sword now?
    getting money was easy and when you buy your favourite colour horse and upgraded it as much as you could, there was not much point in silver anymore unless you wanted to buy the things rather than find them in the world such as ingots. but it was so easy to get your health up and arrows are literally everywhere.

    anyway I found that to be my biggest gripe with ACV.
    Visually the game is amazing and when you self fix the game it plays amazing with high FPS, the fighting system is the best and the skill tree was a great change, making the weapons not all powerful flaming death monsters was great to me as the previous two games it felt a bit silly to have swords that set people on fire or explosive super saiyen techniques.
    The map was amazing to explore and the game Orlog was addictive as anything (looking forward to the real life release of the game in 2021)

    I have played every AC game and I am one of the first to defend them, this is the lowest scoring AC game I have ever reviewed, I want to blame Covid-19 and the difficulty you would expect with developers working from home and it is why no matter how much the game was not my favourite it still gave me much enjoyment.    … Expand
  65. crawlord
    Dec 7, 2020
    7
    I played this game for 172 hours .I explored first and gathered materials / xp opened the map and negated the storyline till later .BY hour 100 i was op with twin spears .The graphics are phenomenal. Taking over England is repetitive.

    Pros The story when paced and farmed up is compelling. Graphics Some funny world events Soundtracks are phenomenal cons -bloated map dilled with    I played this game for 172 hours .I explored first and gathered materials / xp opened the map and negated the storyline till later .BY hour 100 i was op with twin spears .The graphics are phenomenal. Taking over England is repetitive.

    Pros
    The story when paced and farmed up is compelling.
    Graphics
    Some funny world events
    Soundtracks are phenomenal

    cons
    -bloated map dilled with filler .
    Little innovation after odyssey
    repetitive
    -do towers open map go to all yellow white and blue spots
    -go into hundreds of barred locations
    -jump into hindered of wells
    -bad fishing mechanics unless you melee
    -bugs bugs bugs and frequent crashed (im running an 19k and 2080 card on my Alienware 15 r2)

    Overall i played this game and now im not sure ill play the DLC even though i pre-bought all that. I think i have had my fill of Ubisoft's copy pasta games .Still enjoyable not at a day 1 price point .    … Expand
  66. 4y4
    Dec 29, 2021
    6
    It's an alright game but there are some elements that I didn't like. Some things in the game feel quite repetitive for example and there were some major bugs.
  67. Cobrax657
    Feb 5, 2021
    7
    Good viking game but i wish they start making ac games with ac feel in it....
  68. Manohar
    Jan 13, 2021
    5
    Maaan this game got boring very fast! Is the same copy-paste RPG formula from the last 2 AC, but with a much more depressing world design. I don't really recommend this game to anyone
  69. Nburns
    Jan 5, 2021
    6
    Mediocre open world with little in the way of reasons to explore it. Mechanically rather uninteresting though the plot is decent enough to push through the hack and slash combat.
  70. GDSM
    Jun 9, 2021
    5
    The game itself is atmospheric, the Viking style is a big plus, but I have a main complaint about women in this game, if you added a lot of main female characters, make them at least beautiful.
  71. StarkAgentos
    Feb 25, 2022
    6
    Поиграл 2 часа. В принципе игра неплохая, если закрыть глаза на то, что это очередной миллиардный ассасин. Прогресс, по сравнению с истоками есть. Больше не обязательно проходить побочки, чтобы играть в сюжетку. Графон улучшился, что очень логично. На моё удивление, улучшилась и оптимизация. Нынешний сеттинг мне больше нравится. Также можно включить автоматическое управление кораблём. НаПоиграл 2 часа. В принципе игра неплохая, если закрыть глаза на то, что это очередной миллиардный ассасин. Прогресс, по сравнению с истоками есть. Больше не обязательно проходить побочки, чтобы играть в сюжетку. Графон улучшился, что очень логично. На моё удивление, улучшилась и оптимизация. Нынешний сеттинг мне больше нравится. Также можно включить автоматическое управление кораблём. На этом плюсы заканчиваются, дальше идут минусы. Управление с прилипанием к любой поверхности во время паркура, при чём таким, что хрен отлипнешь. Сюжет, что логично бледный и неинтересный. Куча гринда, даже, если считать сюжетку. Игра скучная. Также, в этой игре куча багов, например, я просто хожу по лесу, и тут бац, и на меня с неба падает нпс. Ну и, естественно, самый главный минус - то, что это по сути предыдущий ассасин с минимальными улучшениями.… Expand
  72. Scritty
    Nov 12, 2020
    5
    Summary. Decent game - but spongey controls and a game style far removed from AC. This is a game for people who like War for Middle Earth or similar. It's a mass melee combat game with very little left of the original AC formula. Bows are nerfed, assassinate opportunities are VERY rare and far between. Double wield axes and go in roaring or don't bother playing at all.

    In terms of    Summary. Decent game - but spongey controls and a game style far removed from AC. This is a game for people who like War for Middle Earth or similar. It's a mass melee combat game with very little left of the original AC formula. Bows are nerfed, assassinate opportunities are VERY rare and far between. Double wield axes and go in roaring or don't bother playing at all.

    In terms of stealth, assassination and the efficiency of bow combat this is a HUGE step down from even Odyssey and Origins - which themselves were huge steps down from the first few games.

    Having played every Assassins Creed game. Most to the end. Some several times. This one looks pretty good but the combat on PC using M+K is spongy and inaccurate.
    Firstly, stealth and traditional assassin gameplay is an option for maybe 20% of the game. At most.
    If you want to that - don't buy this game. Whereas Odyssey had a little less in the way of stealth than Origins and Origins about the same as Syndicate.
    This has a TON less than any AC game I've played (And as I said I've played all of them extensively).
    It just isn't an option for most of e game.
    This is far more like a game like War for Middle Earth. All about mass melee combat (even bows are VERY seriously nerfed)
    That might be Ok if the melee combat wasn't also pretty weak compared with previous games.
    Sometimes you can't block, often the knockback on foes does not work, there is a palpable delay between pressing the button and the action taking place. It doesn't feel right at all.
    I've loaded up Origins and Odyssey for comparison ad they are both spot on. Valhalla's combat really does feel spongey, delayed and inaccurate.
    This is not a game for traditional AC fans. This is a hack and slash game with more in common with Diablo than e legacy of AC. What with that and the really poor feel of controls, this is probably the last AC game I will buy.    … Expand
  73. Mow87
    Nov 13, 2020
    5
    This game shows how mainstream gaming is now.
    its average at is best.

    you doing the same **** over and over and over and over.
    copy/past gameplay mechanics from older games.

    this game is not even in the same universe like a got or gow.
    typical game from Ubisoft.
  74. lxRs451
    Nov 12, 2020
    6
    At first i was blown away, it was so good and fun and refreshing. But the excitement from the well made prologue slowly withers away and once you start doing some of the content over and over again, you will find yourself bored.
    The new gear system sucks, it was stripped down to bare minimum and it is not engaging. Combat looks flashy but unless you put it to the highest difficulty it's    At first i was blown away, it was so good and fun and refreshing. But the excitement from the well made prologue slowly withers away and once you start doing some of the content over and over again, you will find yourself bored.
    The new gear system sucks, it was stripped down to bare minimum and it is not engaging. Combat looks flashy but unless you put it to the highest difficulty it's laughably easy and you will just mash buttons and win - there's no thought needed.
    Assassins - i don't know why are they even there anymore, it feels forced and unnecessary.
    The last part of the game which will last you between 1-2 hours is great but i do not feel like it was worth it.
    It's a step down from AC Oddysey in many ways, which should not happen but i rate it a little better.    … Expand
  75. danstew23
    Nov 17, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. When this game was announced, I was unconvinced. Why? Because in my mind, the concept of a secret order of assassins who use stealth and parcour and hidden weapons to assassinate from the shadows does not quite fit to the vikings that usually are portrayed in movies, TV shows and games - angry and reckless barbarians charging into battle while yelling obscenities.

    Now, you might say "But why not shake up the formula and try something new?" Well, sure, do that. But if you move too far from the actual "topic/theme" of the series, ASSASSINS, it becomes kinda silly. No, I did not like Black Flag, and I am not happy with this one. Black Flag was a FUN PIRATE GAME. This could be a great game for the TV show "Vikings". But unfortunately, these are supposed to be Assassins Creed games, and that's where they fail IMO.

    The mix of some stealth and some fan service (members of the Assassins order teaching you assassin techniques) do not mix with new mechanics like raiding a monastery or fortress with your fellow vikings. The concept of secrecy and stealth go out the window when there is quite some emphasis on you blowing a horn to get your fellow vikings to charge into battle.

    This looks like a spin-off game for that show, and it may be cool if it was that. But to me, it misses the mark when it comes to AC. If I would have wanted a "play a viking, conquer England" game, this would be a great choice. But I was looking forward to the newest episode of a franchise revolving around assassins. It says so "on the tin", so what the heck?

    Also, this often feels like a themepark. I LOVED Origins, and it did a great job at reinventing the franchise, doing away with many things that were standard in the series, making it much more of an open world game. Odyssey followed in those footsteps, being even bigger, but coming with TOO much filler and side content and not enough actual assassin-gameplay.

    This is pretty much the same. After the "300/greek mythology" themepark (Odyssey), this just feels like another theme stretched over the same mechanics without too much innovation or new stuff. People have been making fun of the "Ubisoft fluff" for quite some time... all those markers on the map, irrelevant and repetitive side content. And here, we have that same thing going on. Wherever you go, you have markers for side quests, loot chests etc.

    And some of those side quests are fun, others are silly. THe first few side quests involved one that was pretty immersive and several ones where I had to escort and protect someone who had lost his mind. I am not kidding. I had 3 side quests in a row where I had to deal with someone who was out of his miond and thought he was a king or a knight, getting into trouble. Also, I followed someone who sleepwalked through a mountain area and used a rope slide WHILE SLEEPWALKING WITHOUT WAKING UP. Sorry, that was pretty silly.

    The shield mechanics are ok, remind me of Dark Souls (blocking/parrying) a little bit, but are really nothng to write home about.

    The raiding stuff is ok. However, after abozut the third monastery you raid, it gets really repetitive. You call for help to open doors or chests, you fight enemies and you start hating the AI, because your "comrades", your companions have a tendency to constantly get between your enemy and you. No friendly fire here, but it still is quite annoying.
    The enemy AI isnt much better. With a fast weapon (I used daggers a lot) you can easily stunlock an enemy. The "skirmishers" are incredibly annoying, as they keep repeating their one maneuver, a weird jump attack, over and over. Predictable and easy to avoid? Yes. Engaging and fun tactical gameplay? Nope.

    The story is ok, even though after all the shows dealign with vikings, it gets a bit tiring to see all those allegories and hints at Norse mythology. And dont get me started at yet another protagonist out for revenge because his parents were killed. Yawn.

    Anyway. I really was not convinced after the announcement. Dont get me wrong. This is a nice viking game, if you are looking for one. Just like BF was a nice pirate game. Unfortunately, these are supposed to be AC-games and fail at it.

    In a nutshell:
    - Not much innovation. This is just more of what Origins and Odyssey did with some slight changes.
    - Boring main character with a boring story.
    - Lack of assassin gameplay, as we now are supposed to raid with a screaming group of vikings
    - Tons of repetitive side content and filler stuff
    - Stupid AI

    + Nice graphics
    + Great soundtrack
    + The few stealth elements are nice, like hiding in crowds etc. AC2 had that a long time ago, and it's back in this game.

    Nice viking game, but a lackluster AC-game, sorry.    … Expand
  76. BethraMahaut
    Nov 15, 2020
    5
    Ok so its a good game. But I honestly preferred both Origin and Odyssey over this offering. Visually its nice but they have done some weird things in it.
    The Raven is now pretty pointless just showing a general area, replaced with some blurry Odins sight thing which is much less clean and crisp. I liked the old system of the bird tagging the enemies, to me it was a good assassin sitting    Ok so its a good game. But I honestly preferred both Origin and Odyssey over this offering. Visually its nice but they have done some weird things in it.
    The Raven is now pretty pointless just showing a general area, replaced with some blurry Odins sight thing which is much less clean and crisp. I liked the old system of the bird tagging the enemies, to me it was a good assassin sitting with a notebook and noting down routes and guard changes, I have no idea what the blurry red things are actually doing and with not the best eyesight in the world it makes the game much less enjoyable.
    I hope they will rethink it and bring it back, maybe as an optional.
    Then there's the sound - I make so much noise when sneaking through bushes (sounds like someone wearing army boots and brand new jeans and apparently carrying a load of bubble wrap) I simply can't understand the entire enemy camp not hearing me and I can't seem to find any way to switch it off, discouraging when I have a sneak build.
    Final remark, side quests that don't appear in the quest log, seem to be in notes when they are anywhere at all but sometimes not even there, and don't allow completion for any number of ridiculous reasons that have nothing to do with the actual side quest itself, both Origin and Odyssey had no problem with this so I have no idea why Valhalla is getting it wrong.
    Other than that its a solid RPG but I'm afraid the issues are wearing me down, I doubt I'll finish it.
    Edit for further play time
    Still playing this as I like to be thorough. Re my above comments the sound issue seems much better once getting to England. Still having problems completing quests and have to do an awful lot of saves and reloads to get certain things to move forward (so they are working, just somehow not getting completed). I am supposed to have a wolf fighting alongside me, if he does he's invisible. Eivor sometimes talks to him but nada, he's back at the longhouse apparently sleeping on top of a candle at the foot of my bed and the Raven is still completely pointless.
    Its fun but still lots of niggles and if I'm honest I wish I'd waited for several gameplay patches before purchase, Ubisoft really need to fix some bugs. I won't be changing my score until some improvement is seen.    … Expand
  77. LaS4l0p3
    Nov 20, 2020
    6
    This Assassin's Creed Valhalla is beautiful , a world magnificent , lot of details and a incredible sound design ( i love the horn noise ) . I love the Nordic Myhtology and loves the stories of vikings . The Assassination System is incredible , put the difficulty in Master Assassin for more challenge .
    But the game is REPETITIVE , the story annoying , characters already seen , the combat    This Assassin's Creed Valhalla is beautiful , a world magnificent , lot of details and a incredible sound design ( i love the horn noise ) . I love the Nordic Myhtology and loves the stories of vikings . The Assassination System is incredible , put the difficulty in Master Assassin for more challenge .
    But the game is REPETITIVE , the story annoying , characters already seen , the combat system is horrible and is resume by Attack Shield Attack Shield...
    Valhalla is a mixed of Origins and Odyssey , but all the mistakes of these two games are in . The Pillage and attack of fortress are too little, and to repetitive and all the outpost are the same .
    If Odyssey was really good with writing Valhalla is a deception .
    I almost finished the game so my Review may be better than others , if you love odyssey i don't recommend to play this one but if you love Origins go for it . I hope that the Dlc's and mostly the Paris siege are going to blow my mine .    … Expand
  78. Mahdiar
    Apr 7, 2022
    6
    Gameplay : 6
    Graphics : 9
    Story : 7
    Sound : 8
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    Overall : 6 (not finished)
  79. M1lkman
    Jan 27, 2021
    5
    An extremely disappointing step-back from Odyssey. The story is acceptable, and many of the new raid and village-building mechanics are interesting. But it's all overshadowed by the cover-your-eyes awful combat.

    It's hard to understand why, but the developers deliberately made the combat mechanics less precise. Perhaps some focus group feedback though Odyssey was too difficult? The    An extremely disappointing step-back from Odyssey. The story is acceptable, and many of the new raid and village-building mechanics are interesting. But it's all overshadowed by the cover-your-eyes awful combat.

    It's hard to understand why, but the developers deliberately made the combat mechanics less precise. Perhaps some focus group feedback though Odyssey was too difficult? The parry timing window is now so huge that one may accidentally parry the wrong attack, and parrying itself is no longer necessary to win encounters. Also gone is the combo system from Odyssey, where Kassandra's next light/heavy attack would vary based on where it was in a five attack "combo" sequence. I can only assume this was a botched effort to make the combat easier for "casual" players, but the end result is to turn the combat into button mashing.

    Ubisoft also puzzlingly expanded the skill tree and the number of points invested in it. The tree itself is now so huge that you have to scroll and zoom to see it all, like a google maps layout. This means that when you "level up," you can no longer see and feel an instant power difference, as you could in Odyssey. I assume this was to eliminate the "grind" in Odyssey, but a grind is only as boring as the content you're grinding through.

    Naval battles, that gem from Black Flag that was partially resurrected in Odyssey, is gone again too.
    As for non-combat world interaction, it's so clunky and awful that it feels like something from the PS1 or N64 era. It's a huge step back even from the foundational games of the series. For example, in 2009's Assassin's Creed II, when player-character Ezio walks through a crowd, he twists his body and puts his hands on people's shoulders to move them out of the way. In Valhalla, Eivor either walks through them like they're ghosts or gets stopped dead still like they're a brick wall.

    I would add that neither the male for female voice actresses can stand-up to Melissanthi Mahut's portrayal of Kassandra, but that's really an unfair standard. Mahut's performance was one of the best in the history of gaming, comparable with Jennifer Hale (Commander Shepard, Mass Effect), Yuri Lowenthal (Peter Parker, Marvel's Spider-Man), and Roger Clark (Arthur Morgan, Red Dead Redemption 2).

    I spent $100 on the deluxe edition without hesitation as a result of the goodwill Ubisoft earned with Odyssey, which was one of the best games of 2018. Valhalla wasn't worth it, and I regret the purchase.    … Expand
  80. Alexkhan
    Jan 27, 2021
    5
    Pros
    -Nice graphics
    -music
    Cons
    -poor map contents and side quests
    -rpg system is boring (skill tree, stats)
    -bugs
    -UI for pc is not human friendly
    -stupid healing via food (not available at need moment)
    -crew is useless during raids
    -ship is too often lose speed (when passing raid points, bridges, swamps)
    -enemy AI in stealth (you can kill dozen of guard by hiding in hay)
  81. fetqqq
    Jul 25, 2021
    5
    Buggy, most of the characters are empty(not interesting at all), main story is disgusting, combat system is old for this age, I did not like the graphics(3060ti), gameplay is boring, combat difficulty is too easy, lootable outfit sets are disgusting
  82. Ebislav
    Dec 13, 2020
    6
    Визуал 9/10
    Геймплей 8/10
    Музыка 8/10 Сюжет 5/10 Подача сюжета 1/10 Частые лаги, скомканное повествование, отсутствие оригинальности для тех кто играл в AS Origin и AS Odyssey. Игра почти во всём лучше двух предыдущих частей, но тошнотворна для тех кто в них играл. Я догадывался что это будет копипаста, но всё же решил пройти и пожалел об этом в середина, а под конец уже просто всё    Визуал 9/10
    Геймплей 8/10
    Музыка 8/10
    Сюжет 5/10
    Подача сюжета 1/10
    Частые лаги, скомканное повествование, отсутствие оригинальности для тех кто играл в AS Origin и AS Odyssey. Игра почти во всём лучше двух предыдущих частей, но тошнотворна для тех кто в них играл. Я догадывался что это будет копипаста, но всё же решил пройти и пожалел об этом в середина, а под конец уже просто всё пробегал фастом. Она внешне прекрасна настолько, насколько отвратительна внутри. Понять кто глава Ордена Древних можно за долго до конца просто посмотрев в меню Ордена.)) В предстоящие ДЛЦ даже не планирую к ней играть. От оценок критиков недоумеваю.
    Нюанс: Assassin’s Creed Valhalla может быть очень интересна тем, кто не играл в предыдущие части    … Expand
  83. Mareco98
    Feb 16, 2021
    7
    Sin duda esta muy bien respectos con los otros, como el sistema de ir mejorando la aldea, y como hacer mas natural el encontrar las cosas, pero sigo pensando que debería cuidar mas los juegos, me ha craseado varias veces y algunos bugs que no deberían ocurrir.
  84. krizby
    Mar 18, 2021
    5
    Graphic is meh for a 2020 PC games, performance is also terrible for an uninspiring looking game.
  85. EssZee
    Jul 30, 2021
    7
    Honestly, its an average game. Story is too long in my opinion, and it gets repetitive very quickly. Graphics are fine but a bit, how could I put it, bland in some areas. They are similar to AC Odysseys and Origins but the colour scheme is different. Stealth, especially social stealth is pointless as the few times you could use it in missions, its easier just to go around the enemies onHonestly, its an average game. Story is too long in my opinion, and it gets repetitive very quickly. Graphics are fine but a bit, how could I put it, bland in some areas. They are similar to AC Odysseys and Origins but the colour scheme is different. Stealth, especially social stealth is pointless as the few times you could use it in missions, its easier just to go around the enemies on rooftops and walls. Assassinations are similar to the other 2 recent games. At least the assassins are back this time.… Expand
  86. salomk_
    Aug 23, 2022
    6
    The graphics are really good, and the music is solid but the gameplay... is just ok. In some moments I was hooked but for the rest of the time playing Valhalla, I was just playing it just for sake of finishing that game. Tasks are very repetitive, sieges are boring, and the fighting system is wacky. There is no soul in that game, it's too stretched out. Too long. I hope the next AC gameThe graphics are really good, and the music is solid but the gameplay... is just ok. In some moments I was hooked but for the rest of the time playing Valhalla, I was just playing it just for sake of finishing that game. Tasks are very repetitive, sieges are boring, and the fighting system is wacky. There is no soul in that game, it's too stretched out. Too long. I hope the next AC game will fix those things.… Expand
  87. NickRiddman
    Sep 9, 2022
    5
    Начну пожалуй с самого метакритика, сильно возмущает количество ботов убисофт которые восторгаются, тупо накручивая оценку игре и ничем не аргументируя свою оценку, типа "Amazing game 10 of 10, best AC ever" и таких комментов валом, с ником типа assassinscreedforever или butler09, marvel005 ну вы поняли, о чем я. Считаю что убейсофт нужно заканчивать с серией или кардинально менять свойНачну пожалуй с самого метакритика, сильно возмущает количество ботов убисофт которые восторгаются, тупо накручивая оценку игре и ничем не аргументируя свою оценку, типа "Amazing game 10 of 10, best AC ever" и таких комментов валом, с ником типа assassinscreedforever или butler09, marvel005 ну вы поняли, о чем я. Считаю что убейсофт нужно заканчивать с серией или кардинально менять свой подход и создавать что-то новое.
    Мои главные три фу: 1.Отсутствие изменений и нововведений и даунгрейд механик. Казалось бы игра должна эволюционировать, но нет. Я не понимаю как в третьей игре серии анимации и графика может быть ХУЖЕ ЧЕМ В ORIGINS. При том что игра весит 155 гигабайт. 155!! RDR 2 весит 119, и там сравнивать просто не с чем. Valhalla на фоне RDR2, на фоне даже их же игры Far Cry 5, выглядит просто как дешевая халтура. 2. Сценарная импотенция. Думаю не надо объяснять, что тема с анимусом уже просто, от нее реально тошнит от одного голоса этого пустого персонажа Лейлы, линия в современном мире которая никого абсолютно не интересует. 3. 3. Собственно геймплей. Уже сказано было, не знаю как можно было так обгадить боевую систему. Абсолютно плоский, тупейший слешер с корявыми анимациями, хотя добивания действительно неплохие, так и сделали бы битвы как в For Honor которые базируются на добиваниях! Но нет. Мы ничего не хотим менять. Мы хотим высерать каждый год по ассасинс криду и накручивать себе лайки на метакритике. Полное разочарование    … Expand
  88. lemonnandpepper
    Sep 6, 2022
    5
    Lovely but somehow pale views, ok graphics and absolutely nondescript parkour and movement control both on gamepad and keyboard.
    Awful strike targeting. Non-intuitive obstructive fighting mechanics.
    Too big too thin world like a small butter chunk on a large loaf of bread. Plain characters that gave me absolutely no motivation to fulfill their tasks and requests. Absolutely nonsensical    Lovely but somehow pale views, ok graphics and absolutely nondescript parkour and movement control both on gamepad and keyboard.
    Awful strike targeting. Non-intuitive obstructive fighting mechanics.
    Too big too thin world like a small butter chunk on a large loaf of bread. Plain characters that gave me absolutely no motivation to fulfill their tasks and requests. Absolutely nonsensical character creation utilizing agender kid that feels deeply absurd. Lengthy tedious plot without any interesting parts or twists - go, do some biddings, crown your guy, mark county as a friend.
    Totally illogical NPC behavior and reactions. Nordic warrior winning like a tenderling because of main character punching someone's face and so on.
    The game entertained me only until the first villain died. Next few chapters it kept me only by adding promising but eventually dull mechanics.
    Feels kinda like close-in combat Fallout 4 with Vikings.
    Story - 5
    Graphics - 8
    Gameplay - 5
    Sound - 7    … Expand
  89. FabsKebabs
    Nov 11, 2020
    5
    I've played every main entry AC game. I personally have played about 30 hours of this and it'll be the first one that I'm returning. The game is "fine" - and thats about it. Ubisoft has evolved from this innovative game studio, to this re-release/recycle of the same game now for over 5 years. Assassins Creed, Watch Dogs, Far Cry, Ghost Recon - are all essentially the same game withI've played every main entry AC game. I personally have played about 30 hours of this and it'll be the first one that I'm returning. The game is "fine" - and thats about it. Ubisoft has evolved from this innovative game studio, to this re-release/recycle of the same game now for over 5 years. Assassins Creed, Watch Dogs, Far Cry, Ghost Recon - are all essentially the same game with different character mechanics, overlayed on the same checklist style map. AC Valhalla is the same as AC Odyssey which was the same as AC Origins. The game is a full priced reskin of the same game they've been making for years now.

    If, for some unknown reason, you play Assassins Creed for the story; the story in all of their games seem to have large set peices and at the time appear to be monumental but always end up unmemorable, and fall flat. To any of the die hard fans out there, this isnt the game we wanted nor what we asked for - for the more casual players out there, go play The Witcher or Ghost of Tsushima for a memorable experience and great gameplay.    … Expand
  90. thehawk
    Dec 13, 2021
    5
    Vikings meet Taz the Tasmanian Devil. I have mixed feelings about this game. The minuses were 3rd person, Taz's whirlpool combat, raiding monasteries for lumber (not slaves and jewels), quests for worthless armour, the lame DLC, raiding your allies, the dream quests, the blank response when visiting allies, and the animus stuff which really killed off my interest in the game. And IVikings meet Taz the Tasmanian Devil. I have mixed feelings about this game. The minuses were 3rd person, Taz's whirlpool combat, raiding monasteries for lumber (not slaves and jewels), quests for worthless armour, the lame DLC, raiding your allies, the dream quests, the blank response when visiting allies, and the animus stuff which really killed off my interest in the game. And I couldn't kill the person responsible for my brother's torture and mutiiation. The plusses were a Vikings game, good scenery, rpg aspects, believable setting. The endgame was a sad experience for me. It could have been a lot more e.g. a long expedition to the east coast of America. There is so much empty space in the world that a construction kit would be great if only Ubi games could handle one. A missed opportunity to create an rpg masterpiece.… Expand
  91. CnPx98
    May 4, 2022
    6
    Its a great game but Ubisoft publish way to many AC games so the improvements don't out way the cost of the game. I would rather have a new AC games once every 3 to 4 years and have a hole new experience then have a new one every 1 to 2 years and have a new story and a couple other changes.

    The textures in this game look mostly the same as Odyssey. Their is slight improvements to the    Its a great game but Ubisoft publish way to many AC games so the improvements don't out way the cost of the game. I would rather have a new AC games once every 3 to 4 years and have a hole new experience then have a new one every 1 to 2 years and have a new story and a couple other changes.

    The textures in this game look mostly the same as Odyssey. Their is slight improvements to the character modals and of course some aspects do look nicer. But the textures overall haven't improved much at all.
    I feel like way to much remains unchanged and that isn't a good thing when spending £60 on a new game. Ubisoft need to stop over working their devs and give them more time to give us a mind blowing experience when we buy a new AC game. I don't wanna pick up a new title and be able to compare them side by side seeing what's new and what isn't. When you compare the original AC games apart its like night and day but now comparing Odyssey to Valhalla is like 12pm to 3pm.

    The horse riding in this game feels like something I would have expected 10 years ago. Even the 1st Red Dead Redemption game had better horse riding. The horses feel like they are imported from a car game and then a horse texture has been applied.
    Certain textures in the game have a really low resolution and then others look amazing? Like the pin on character modals, Snow, smoke, horses... They all look out of place.

    The map in this game makes Odyssey look like a complete planet. Its tiny. At 1st I thought I was just on the tutorial map. Nope that is the map. Like I said if you give the developers more time then they would be able to give us more content. Maps are supposed to get bigger not 1 third of the size. Well if the map is smaller then it must be packed full of content right? WRONG! Some things in this game just felt long and dragged out and didn't drive anything forward. Just unnecessary filler content that felt like just another thing to do and I just wanted to skip over it.

    The monetization in this game sucks as well. I feel like Ubisoft are just creaming the series at this point. You can basically buy everything in this game for cash including weapons and XP. When I see that in a game I know not to expect much from it. That's when they no longer care about the games integrity and they are squeezing every last drop out of it and it really shows in the gameplay.
    Randomly when I was playing the game, after the tutorial I was given loads of OP items out of no where? I think its cos I was playing the Ubisoft+ version but still things like this ruin the game as its not the way its supposed to be played.

    Ubisoft just overall aren't the best place to get games from. I try not to be bias with the stuff I have read the company online. With all their good games they end up killing them with monetization and over saturating the market by releasing a new one every 5 minutes.

    I am not saying this game is terrible thou. It just gets ruined by the publisher rinsing it for easy money. The story is overall quite good. Some of the side objectives are fun, like this dice game for example. The combat overall is fluent although unchanged from the previous game, although more healing supplies would be nice. At times I was running round like an idiot looking for health items. I believe this game would have lived up to expectations if it was given more time and wasn't ruined with buyable weapons, armor and XP. I hope Ubisoft gets brought out by a better company.    … Expand
  92. StAceD
    Jan 9, 2022
    6
    It is not AC anymore... till AC origins...
    Valhalla is beautifull and have enought fun. But it has critical bags on start that. Ant first of all it is BORING. It's make such way to force you buy timesavers... I hate transaction. Shame Ubisoft.
  93. jappy87
    Nov 19, 2020
    6
    After playing this game for about 10 hours I realize it is more of the same. For veteran players who enjoy stealth, assassination's, and thematic storylines in league with the AC brotherhood, this game will be a let down. It seems they are trending in the direction of open scale combat and placing the role of an assassin on the backburner. Ultimately the identity of the assassins creedAfter playing this game for about 10 hours I realize it is more of the same. For veteran players who enjoy stealth, assassination's, and thematic storylines in league with the AC brotherhood, this game will be a let down. It seems they are trending in the direction of open scale combat and placing the role of an assassin on the backburner. Ultimately the identity of the assassins creed franchise is a confusing blend of gameplay that touches on open combat, stealth, & world exploration with decent scoring. If you dont change the recipe the formula will go stale... which is exactly how I feel about this franchise now. The game feels stale.… Expand
  94. jlchavis0844
    Nov 26, 2020
    5
    Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is irredeemably bland, over-stuffed, and pointless. The Ubisoft pointless missions are all turned up to 11 and the core story is so very long and so very unremarkable. I still do not know why they bother with the assassin part of the game considering you are a Viking who is dual wielding axes. That is just one of many conglomerated choices much like the dualAssassin’s Creed Valhalla is irredeemably bland, over-stuffed, and pointless. The Ubisoft pointless missions are all turned up to 11 and the core story is so very long and so very unremarkable. I still do not know why they bother with the assassin part of the game considering you are a Viking who is dual wielding axes. That is just one of many conglomerated choices much like the dual gender (they can read holographic memories from DNA but can’t tell a male pelvis from a female one) and of course the Sunny D commercial-like lineup of supporting characters. I am sure their various consultants and Twitterati appointments are well-paid and quiet for now.

    Even if this game’s only problems were just with the story and game play (new combat is dumbed down), this would be an average game. Of course, that is not the case. The PC port is, in typical Ubisoft fashion, terrible. You really should not expect competence after such a well-documented history of anything but. I will not bother knocking the technical problems because it is your own damn fault if you expect better.    … Expand
  95. DaveMD9575
    Mar 9, 2021
    7
    In the opening (tutorial) hours, the game will instruct you to hit a button to smash a crate. I press the appropriate button to smash the crate, only to whiff harder than a 5-year old trying to play T-Ball. That, alone, is just a taste of the frustrations you shall encounter as you adventure across England. Later on in the game, you'll come across barred doors that need to be openedIn the opening (tutorial) hours, the game will instruct you to hit a button to smash a crate. I press the appropriate button to smash the crate, only to whiff harder than a 5-year old trying to play T-Ball. That, alone, is just a taste of the frustrations you shall encounter as you adventure across England. Later on in the game, you'll come across barred doors that need to be opened from the inside. You'll do this by destroying what appears to be a wooden beam locking the door from the inside. Simple, right? Not for me! All I hit is the open air and the lock stays in place until I have to pull out my bow. Or, how about the little beeping sound when you are trying to jump off a rock and the game won't let you? And let's talk about that camera with a mind of its own. Try calling your mount, and see what I'm talking about. Oh, and it's a joy when Eivor is telling his crew the STFU every time you come across a raid opportunity. Not to mention how often the longship would get hung up on the environment and I'd have to manually reverse course to continue on my way.

    It's not all annoyances and frustrations. The world is massive and beautiful. The missions are engaging and well written. The voice acting is excellent, and the music is exquisite! I also appreciate how the game encourages exploration.

    So, how would I rate AC: Valhalla over the course of my 100+ hour playtime? 51% fun/49% frustration! Would I recommend this title? Sure, just not at full price. Wait until all the DLC comes out and you can nab the whole package in a future Ubisoft sale or around $50!    … Expand
  96. milkandwine
    Aug 5, 2021
    5
    Short: Decent game, without a direction or vision, yet entertaining.

    Detailled: Positive: * decent graphics * easy to use controls * gameplay stays entertaining throughout Negative: * I would describe the narrative as soulless. I did not care for any character at any point * the sheer size of the map and quests is bloated. even then, few things to do outside of main quests feel    Short: Decent game, without a direction or vision, yet entertaining.

    Detailled:
    Positive:
    * decent graphics
    * easy to use controls
    * gameplay stays entertaining throughout

    Negative:
    * I would describe the narrative as soulless. I did not care for any character at any point
    * the sheer size of the map and quests is bloated. even then, few things to do outside of main quests feel rewarding
    * most jarring as an AC fan: the world feels less believable than fairly ever. i do not feel like i am in the viking age. i could excuse many small issues in previous titles as i still felt the core was thruthful and i felt in the world. i do not here.
    * the main quest: this is where most of any narrative falls or stands. in this case, well, it is somewhat refreshing not to search for the apple of all damnation. however, the alternative is just bland. invade england, take all. there was so much potential for ethical thoughts that are dear to the AC series. the church is corruptive but keeps order, the vikings are honest but destroy. however, nothing of that gets explored

    Summary:
    The series has strayed far from its core storytelling, but kept it s main user satisfactory gameplay. Graphics are decent (but far from jaw-drapping), gameplay smooth (but ultimately nothing new) and the world somewhat big but also bland. It is fun to go around, but should be condensed to 1/3 of it s play or boosted by actual narrative    … Expand
  97. adrii9715
    Nov 17, 2020
    6
    The story is well-builded and the main character is quite good but there is a lack of animations and a poor improvement of the movement, sound and conversation setting that makes the user (me) to be uncomfortable when i try to be immersed on this Viking World, despite a huge graphical improvement (the game looks incredible). I'd rather wait 3 years for a more refined game. Also theThe story is well-builded and the main character is quite good but there is a lack of animations and a poor improvement of the movement, sound and conversation setting that makes the user (me) to be uncomfortable when i try to be immersed on this Viking World, despite a huge graphical improvement (the game looks incredible). I'd rather wait 3 years for a more refined game. Also the optimization for PC is really bad, Ubisoft standards.… Expand
  98. Redden44
    Feb 18, 2021
    5
    If you like AC Odyssey this will feel like a huge step in the wrong direction.

    Graphics is more realistic but colours are extremely oversaturated with drastic colour changes to the point that turning the camera results in repainting the entire world from green/blue to yellow/red. Also sunlight and beams are so strong to the point the they will hurt your eyes... Every action has been    If you like AC Odyssey this will feel like a huge step in the wrong direction.

    Graphics is more realistic but colours are extremely oversaturated with drastic colour changes to the point that turning the camera results in repainting the entire world from green/blue to yellow/red. Also sunlight and beams are so strong to the point the they will hurt your eyes...

    Every action has been slow down and and received some form of inertia, which makes everything feel slow, heavy and clunky, from simple movement, to changing direction, climbing and fighting, everything feels like a chore.
    To perform some simple actions, like looting a big chest, you now have to call for help and wait until a member of your crew arrives, which is very annoying.
    Opening crates and or harvesting is no longer possible, you have to smash the containers or the mineral nodes, wait for them to be destroyed, wait for the loot to pop up and finally spam the loot button cause you can no longer grab everything nearby with a single action...also hitting a container is a freaking lottery because the aim is completely messed up and your character constantly misses the object that is right in front of him.

    Combat has lost its flow, it's no longer fast paced and has gained a useless stamina bar, also you can no longer craft arrows for whatever reason...!?
    The game constantly take away the control of the camera from you, which could be fine for console but it's extremely annoying for PC; for instance every time you run and call your horse, the camera automatically rotates and show you the freaking ground forcing you to stop and wait for the horse to arrive...and if you try to fix the camera, it automatically turns back in the wrong position...

    The map is a mess, icons that showed locations are now tiny white and yellow lights that you can barely see because the map is also white...genius...

    Exploration is a pain in the ass, every freaking door is barred and you need to find an alternative hidden entrance or you have to find a oil jar to blow a barricade away, too bad the stupid jar is always hundreds of meters away, turning the whole process into an annoying treasure hunt chore.

    Some of the sound effects are very loud and annoying, also some triggers are completely wrong and as you explore you constantly trigger the same sound over and over.

    Music is not as good as in Odyssey, but it's ok.
    Voice acting is great.    … Expand
  99. zeroex_15
    Nov 20, 2020
    5
    Very average game. I loved Odyssey but this just isn't in the same league. I don't know what they did here but I just couldn't give a damn about the characters. None of them. They're all boring and forgettable with some terrible voice acting too in places.

    I hit the 40 hours playtime and I can't bring myself to go on. Its just the same thing over and over again with no variety and no    Very average game. I loved Odyssey but this just isn't in the same league. I don't know what they did here but I just couldn't give a damn about the characters. None of them. They're all boring and forgettable with some terrible voice acting too in places.

    I hit the 40 hours playtime and I can't bring myself to go on. Its just the same thing over and over again with no variety and no investment in the game because like I said its characters are bland and the story is... well I its boring and disjointed.

    Thankfully I only paid £12.99 through ubisoft+. I'd be particularly upset if I'd spend £50+!    … Expand
  100. Mubarak1992
    Nov 12, 2020
    6
    I tried the Seris version, it is better by stages than the prince of the PC on the PC, it does not deserve more than 6
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  1. RPG Site
    Apr 5, 2021
    60
    Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a great-looking open-world game with impressive landscapes and cinematography. However, the checklist collectible open-world still needs some work to feel truly engaging, and combat is too tedious and too frequent to be compelling. As a lapsed fan of Assassin's Creed trying to see if I can click with the series once again, Valhalla didn't quite hook me as I was hoping it would.
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  2. Game Debate
    Jan 11, 2021
    80
    Assassins Creed Valhalla is a lot of fun and easy to sink dozens of hours into. It is the best entry in the more recent trilogy and genuinely elevates the gameplay mechanics. Content could be considered somewhat bloated still, but it is diverse enough and the setting and story is solid most of the way through.
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  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 4, 2021
    80
    Sneaking is fun, fighting is fun, walking through the great outdoors is so much fun. Sightseeing too! Valhalla is free minded and could be innovative, but lacks skills to persuade its players about that. [Issue#308]
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